2014 is the year of Octavio Paz and Julio Cortázar

The centenary of the birth of two of the most important Spanish language writers of the twentieth century is commemorated this year, and El País will follow the biographies and books to be published about their work, and will cover the many tributes in their honor, celebrated especially in Mexico and Argentina.

“Either as motivators or as authors to be followed for their literary dissent, as scouts that searched beyond the known horizons. Paz in poetry and essays, Cortázar in the narrative. But both united, besides the literary rebellious mood, for having retraced the path of other great writers through the translation of their books, and that the path taken by them was never simple, but had several seasons.” Read the complete story here.

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