World Literary Awards

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Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society えるされむしょう

Edition 8 (1977)

Literature prizeInternational literature prizeLiterature prize on human rightsLifetime achievement award

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Octavio Paz Lozano おくたびお・ぱす Winner

A classic essay collection that reads Mexican history and national character through images of solitude, masks, and ritual. It is Octavio Paz's most famous prose work.

A poet's inquiry into a nation's self-image, written with unusual lucidity and force.

398 pages
Mexicoidentitycultural criticism