"One of the most brilliant and original essayists in any language" (Washington Post Book World) reflects on the six years he spent in India as Mexican ambassador-and reveals how the people and culture of that extraordinary land changed his life. Translated by Eliot Weinberger.
Octavio Irineo Paz Lozano (Mexico City, March 31, 1914-ibidem, April 19, 1998), registered at birth as Octavio Irineo Paz Lozano, was a Mexican poet, essayist, and diplomat. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990 and the Cervantes Prize in 1981. He is considered one of the most influential authors of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets of all time.