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Miguel de Cervantes Prize みげる・で・せるばんてすしょう

Edition 7 (1981)

Spanish-language literatureLifetime achievementNational (Spain)

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Octavio Paz Lozano おくたびお ぱす Winner

El laberinto de la soledad is a representative essay that examines Mexican identity and history. Using festivals and folklore as entry points, it analyzes the solitude of nation and individual, joining social and cultural insight with literary force.

An essay that reads Mexican solitude through history and folklore.

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