| Mexico Congress Officially Declares 2014 'The Year of Octavio Paz' Oscar Lopez - Latin Times | |
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Nobel literature laureate and Mexico's most famous poet Octavio Paz's coffin lies in state in the capital's Bellas Artes theatre surrounded by members of Mexico's government and arts community April 20, 1998. (Reuters)
Mexico's Government Secretary has revealed that Congress has declared 2014 as "The Year of Octavio Paz." Poet, writer, essayist and diplomat, Octavio Paz was born in Mexico City on the 31st of March 1914 and died on the 19th of April, 1998. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990. The statement from the Mexican Government indicated that all official correspondence from the State will containe the footer or watermark "2014, Year of Octavio Paz." This will go into effect on Saturday and last through to December 31.
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