"for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity."
Date
11 October 1990 (1990-10-11) (announcement)
10 December 1990 (ceremony)
Location
Stockholm, Sweden
Presented by
Swedish Academy
First awarded
1901
Website
Official website
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The 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Mexican poet and essayist Octavio Paz (1914–1998) "for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity."[1] He is the only recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature from Mexico.[2][3]
^The Nobel Prize in Literature 1990 nobelprize.org
^Octavio Paz britannica.com
^"Octavio Paz, Mexican Poet, Wins Nobel Prize". New York Times. 12 October 1990.
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