The Labyrinth of Solitude (Spanish: El Laberinto de la soledad) is an essay, published in 1950, written by the Mexican author and poet, Octavio Paz. The book is a reflection on Mexican history and identity that critically analyses Mexican society from its historical base, its relationships with other cultures, and its collective character. Through his experience living in the United States, Paz manages to elucidate what it is to be Mexican in a clear and intelligent manner, in the process writing a work of profound importance in literature and humanitarian thought. Octavio Paz Nobel Prize photo Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature. ...
The penchant for machismo, obsequiousness and apathy are for Paz a product of the internal, individual and cultural solitude that has taken root almost genetically in Mexican society. The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view. ...
The Labyrinth of Solitude: The Other Mexico, Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude, Mexico and the United States, the Philanthropic Ogre by Octavio Paz, 01 June, 1985
Mexican writer whose essays, including The Labyrinth of Solitude (1950), and volumes of poetry, such as Sun.
Extractions: Mexican writer whose essays, including The Labyrinth of Solitude (1950), and volumes of poetry, such as Sun Stone (1957), often explore the Mexican identity.
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