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Paz earned international acclaim for poetry and essays in which he sought to reconcile divisive and opposing forces in life.
Paz's numerous essays are praised for their lyrical prose and insightful discussions of art, literature, culture, language and political philosophies.
According to Paz modern Mexico and its people suffer a collective identity crisis resulting from their mixed Indian and Spanish heritage, the influence of the United States and a recurring cycle of war and isolation.
library.thinkquest.org /11580/paz.htm   (658 words)

  
 An article on Nobel laureate and Indophile, Octavio Paz
Paz, a minor functionary in the Mexican Embassy in Paris, is transferred to India in November 1951.
Paz is dismayed at the prospect of our strange country: "rituals, temples, cities whose names evoked strange tales, motley and multicolored crowds, women with feline grace and dark and shining eyes, saints, beggars...." Armed with a copy of the Gita, young Paz sets out for India.
Paz is not a yogi (hermit) or a jnani (the wise) or a bhakta (devotee), he is a lover, a poet, a passionate pilgrim at the shrine of life.
www.lifepositive.com /Mind/arts/new-age-fiction/Paz.asp   (977 words)

  
 HISTORY OF MEXICO - OCTAVIO PAZ: NOBEL WINNER AND NOBLE MAN - BY JIM TUCK IN MEXICO CONNECT
Paz was always a political man. In 1937 the sanguinary Spanish Civil War was at its height.
Though a man of the left, Paz was just as opposed to repression and human rights violations in countries that called themselves socialist as in authoritarian countries of the right.
Though Paz is not an apostle of non-violence in the tradition of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, he emphasizes that he prefers "lucid violence" and a revolution based on clear ideas.
www.mexconnect.com /mex_/history/jtuck/jtoctaviopaz.html   (1097 words)

  
 La Paz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of La Paz Department.
La Paz is situated in a chasm below a plateau at an altitude of 3600 meters alongside the La Paz river.
This change reflected the shift of the Bolivian economy away from the largely exhausted silver mines of Potosí to the exploitation of tin near Oruro, and resulting shifts in the distribution of economic and political power among various national elites.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/La_Paz,_Bolivia   (337 words)

  
 CSULB Online 49er: v10n93: Dirtbag Matt Paz is armed and ready
Paz underwent Tommy John surgery on his right arm in the fall of 2001 and was forced to red shirt for the Dirtbags in the 2002 season.
Paz said he was on a pitch count that day as he threw 29 pitches - 19 were strikes.
Paz and pitching coach Troy Buckley agree that he hasn’t regained the amount of strength in his arm yet to be able to recover as quickly as he could before.
www.csulb.edu /~d49er/archives/2003/spring/sports/v10n93-dir.shtml   (554 words)

  
 PAZ
Paz is the leading energy company in Israel, and it is at the vanguard of a service culture characterized by a comprehensive view of the customer's needs, providing a diverse, exact and quick response to every requirement related to energy and road services.
Paz is currently regarded as the leading energy company in Israel, specializing in energy solutions and various road services.
Paz operates in various synergistic fields with a view to fulfilling all of its customers' needs that are related to energy and road services.
www.paz.co.il /en/about.asp   (671 words)

  
 Octavio Paz
Paz often warned about Soviet and Cuban intervention in Latin America and his friendship with Gabriel García Marquez and Neruda partly fell apart because of different political views.
Although Paz was known as a supporter of the neo-liberal economic policies, he criticized the weakness of liberal democracy in TIEMPO NUBLADO (1983), LA OTRA VOZ (1990) and ITINERARIO (1993).
Paz's numerous essays on Hispanic and French poetry include EL ARCO Y LA LIRA (The Bow and the Lyre 1956), LOS HIJOS DEL LIMO (Children of the Mire 1974), and MARCEL DUCHAMP (1968).
www.kirjasto.sci.fi /opaz.htm   (1500 words)

  
 Paz, Octavio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Octavio Paz, a Mexican poet and essayist, won the 1990 Nobel Prize for literature.
Paz's works reflect a range of influences, including Aztec mythology, Marxism, Asian philosophy, surrealism, and symbolism.
The Collected Poems of Octavio Paz, 1957-1987 (1987) includes his well-known "Sunstone." This poem uses contrasting images to symbolize the inevitable loneliness of individuals and their search for union with others.
www.worldbook.com /wc/features/cinco/html/paz.htm   (179 words)

  
 La Paz County
La Paz County offers a quiet pollution free haven to winter visitors escaping the snow and ice in the Northern and Midwestern states.
Discover Parker: The 16-½ mile stretch of the Colorado River in La Paz County is generally referred to as the Parker Strip.
From the wild and wooly days of the 70's and 80's, the river, which is serviced by the La Paz County Sheriff's, has a "no tolerance" approach to drinking and boating has turned the river into one of safest bodies of water in the Western States area.
www.co.la-paz.az.us   (692 words)

  
 Salon Media Circus | The labyrinth of Paz
Paz was active in the left in his 20s, and went to Spain to fight fascism, though he was never mobilized.
The second and longest of the three texts is a brilliant statement of his philosophy of sex: "Catacomb, hotel room, chateau, fort, cabin in the mountains or an embrace under the clouds, it is all the same: eroticism is a world closed to society as well as to nature.
Paz worked closely with a few translators who seem, in turn, to have been very devoted to making his work available.
www.salon.com /media/1998/04/28media.html   (1061 words)

  
 Permanent TAZs
A touch of camoflage, a flair for invisibility, a sense of tact as a tactic...might be as useful to a PAZ as a TAZ.
The PAZ may exercize a temporarily open function-such as hosting festivals or giving away free food, etc.-but it need not be permanently open to any self-proclaimed sympathizer who wanders by.
The PAZ serves a vital function as a node in the TAZ-web, a meetingplace for a wide circle of friends and allies who may not actually live fulltime on the "farm" or in the "village".
www.hermetic.com /bey/paz.html   (1431 words)

  
 La Paz -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
La Paz is the administrative (A seat of government) capital of (A landlocked Republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain) Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of (Click link for more info and facts about La Paz Department) La Paz Department.
As of the 2001 (A period count of the population) census, the city of La Paz had a ((statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn) population of about one million.
In 1898, La Paz was made the (Click link for more info and facts about de facto) de facto seat of the national government, with (The legal capital and seat of the judiciary in Bolivia) Sucre remaining the nominal capital only.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/la_paz.htm   (247 words)

  
 La Paz on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
La Paz, the highest capital in the world, lies at an altitude of c.12,000 ft (3,660 m) and is crowded into a long, narrow valley cut by the La Paz River.
La Paz's location on colonial trade routes made it the commercial and political focus of colonial life; some of the colonial architecture remains.
The city's full name is La Paz de Ayacucho, after a Bolivian victory at Ayacucho, Peru, in the war for independence (1809-25).
www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/LaP1azB1ol.asp   (554 words)

  
 MetroActive News & Issues | Richard de la Paz
Today, however, de la Paz is decked out in jeans, a yellow windbreaker and a baseball cap, the keys to his 1965 powder-blue Impala hanging around his neck on a strap.
While de la Paz has worked hard to prove himself (he is a tireless attendee of meetings and events), he has no qualms about rattling the cage of the established order.
While Padilla touted her service on various city commissions, de la Paz emphasized his lifelong residency in District 2 and his commitment to the community's youth, which struck a chord in a town where 33 percent of the population is under the age of 19.
www.metroactive.com /papers/cruz/03.28.01/delapaz-0113.html   (3266 words)

  
 Octavio Paz
Paz is recognized throughout Latin America and the world for his literary work in cultural studies, which is perhaps the most repeated theme of his work.
Paz’s non-fiction prose essays exhibit abstract descriptions and are equally as complex as his poetry, but the central focuses of his writing become more apparent in his prose work, because his personal reflections and inner beliefs are revealed in his analyses of culture and society.
Paz agrees that one of the causes of the solitude of Mexico is the suppressed feeling of inferiority Mexicans direct toward the United States.
home.wlu.edu /~barnettj/Holding/99/cstovall/newpaz.htm   (2398 words)

  
 Octavio Paz - Biography
Paz began to write at an early age, and in 1937, he travelled to Valencia, Spain, to participate in the Second International Congress of Anti-Fascist Writers.
In 1962, Paz was appointed Mexican ambassador to India: an important moment in both the poet's life and work, as witnessed in various books written during his stay there, especially, The Grammarian Monkey and East Slope.
A remarkable prose stylist, Paz has written a prolific body of essays, including several book-length studies, in poetics, literary and art criticism, as well as on Mexican history, politics and culture.
nobelprize.org /nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1990/paz-bio.html   (1021 words)

  
 Cruise the Sea of Cortez - La Paz
Immigration is a short walk from Marina de La Paz and the main anchorage, while the Capitania de Puerto is much closer to Marina Palmira, neither Marina is all that close to the other.
If you are planning a trip to La Paz during high season, it is necessary to contact the marina well in advance if you want a slip or to be put on the waiting list for one.
La Paz, which means the peace, or tranquility, certainly is a suitable name for this beautiful city on the bay.
www.cruisecortez.com /lapaz.htm   (1479 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: The Collected Poems of Octavio Paz, 1957-1987: Bilingual Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In his lineswhether long and flowing or spare and chiseledsorrow and solitude are measured against the strength of his people and refracted through the prism of his gentle romanticism ("The world is born when two people kiss").
Paz does an ambidextrous job of mixing in elements of surrealism with the bone of natural objects and that which is very real.
Example 2: "Lates entre la sombra/blanca y desnuda: río." Octavio Paz is one of the first voices of the xxth century mexican poetry.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0811211738?v=glance   (1173 words)

  
 THE PAZ BEACH, LA PAZ, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, Mexico
The city of La Paz is 771 km south of Guerrero Negro through the Transpeninsular Highway, by air to the La Paz International Airport and by sea by ferryboats from Mazatlán and Topolobampo.
The Jesuits Juan de Ugarte and Jaime Bravo founded the Mission of La Paz in 1720 and it was closed in 1749 due to lack of population.
Finally, since the 16th century all sorts of adventurers were attracted to the rich pearl industry of La Paz which ended due to a disease that attacked the oysters in 1936.
www.bajaquest.com /lapaz/baja18m_5.htm   (499 words)

  
 Spanish in La Paz Baja California Sur Mexico
Tijuana is the most important city of Baja California (Baja Norte)but Mexicali is the capital of Baja California and, La Paz is the capital of Baja California Sur.
La Paz (Santa Cruz at that time) was founded the 3rd of May 1535 by Hernan Cortés.
Nowadays, La Paz is a charming, lovely and peaceful city of 160'000 inhabitants.
www.cicclapaz.com /pazglish.html   (259 words)

  
 Information About La Paz
La Paz is a large city (160,000 population) and the capital of the state of Baja California Sur.
While La Paz has a lovely waterfront with a beach running along it, the best swimming beaches are north of town and not where the hotels are located - with the exception of the La Concha, located about three miles north of the city center.
This requires a marine VHF radio - one is available for public use outside the office at Marina de La Paz (on the waterfront next to the Naval base at the southern end of the Malecón).
math.ucr.edu /ftm/bajaPages/LaPaz.General.html   (2290 words)

  
 Baja Mexico: Baja Expo - La Paz
La Paz was "discovered" by Hernan Cortez in 1535 (don't mention this fact to the descendants of the local Indians!), and then again by Sebastian Vizcaino in 1596, who gave La Paz its current name.
La Paz is a very large city but most of the gringo activity takes place either near the seaside Malecon or in the offshore waters.
There are several marinas in La Paz but sailors looking for a protected harbor within walking distance to all the action often utilize the services of MARINA LA PAZ.
www.bajaexpo.com /cities/lapaz.htm   (8995 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Octavio Paz (Latin American Literature, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Paz's books : revealing depth of insight, elegance, and erudition : place him among his generation's ablest writers.
The Bow and the Lyre, 1973); criticism; and studies of Claude LEvi-Strauss and Marcel Duchamp (both, tr.
In 1971–72 Paz delivered the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard; they are collected in Children of the Mire: Modern Poetry from Romanticism to the Avant-Garde (1974).
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Paz-Octa.html   (248 words)

  
 La Paz Travel Guide, Baja California Sur, Mexico
La Paz is quickly establishing itself as Baja's eco-tourism center with a wide variety of tours offered by professionals dedicated to preserving the environment.
ocated on a large bay on the Sea of Cortes, La Paz is 137 miles by road north of the southern tip of the peninsula.
a Paz was founded by Hernan Cortez on May 3, 1535 but the hostility of the environment forced him to retreat a year later.
www.bajatravel.com /guidebook/lapaz   (519 words)

  
 Discovery Kids :: Paz for Parents & Caregivers
Paz uses this general learning strategy as a vehicle to model many other skills, such as introducing children to content area information, stimulating cognitive skills, and enhancing interpersonal and intrapersonal understanding.
Warm and inviting, Paz's world — in both live action and animation — is full of bright primary colors, engaging props and cheerful locations, giving kids a viewing environment that is both vibrant and uncluttered.
Whether Paz is learning to fly a kite or mastering the mechanics of a seesaw, feeling jealous of a friend or afraid of the dark, his daily adventures with his friends, Pig, Dog and Rabbit, are shown from a child's perspective with a gentle and often humorous spin.
kids.discovery.com /fansites/readysetlearn/grownups/paz.html   (433 words)

  
 Paz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Paz is inquisitive about his surroundings and seems to prefer boings and swings to actual toys.
Paz seems very curious about me...so long as I'm not in the comfort zone.
While I love Paz just as much as any of my birds, I must admit, he's a bit of a piggy.
www.mickaboo.com /see_our_birds/story.php?id=317   (540 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: La Paz
La Paz made an unsuccessful attempt, in 1909, to confiscate for school purposes, ostensibly because, unlike the other orders of women in the city engaged in teaching or nursing, these two devoted themselves to the
La Paz was the head-quarters of General Sucre and since then, at intervals, has been the capital of the country.
Diocese of La Paz was separated from that of Charcas by Paul V, 4 July, 1605 (see LA PAZ, DIOCESE OF).
www.newadvent.org /cathen/08795a.htm   (1468 words)

  
 La Paz travel guide - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, while Sucre is the constitutional capital (the seat of the Supreme Court (Corte Suprema de Justicia)).
La Paz was built in a canyon created by the Choqueyapu River (now mostly built over), which runs northwest to southeast.
The most popular day trips from La Paz are to Tiwanaku, Chacaltaya, and Lake Titicaca, though the latter (especially Copacabana) is pushing it a bit in terms of time.
wikitravel.org /en/La_Paz_(Bolivia)   (3534 words)

  
 Paz, Octavio --  Encyclopædia Britannica
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The Mexican poet and diplomat Octavio Paz became one of the chief literary figures of the Western Hemisphere in the years after World War II.
Octavio Paz was the foremost poet of Latin America and...
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9124018?tocId=9124018   (680 words)

  
 La Paz --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
La Paz, which lies between 10,650 and 13,250 feet (3,250 and 4,100 metres) above sea level, is the world's highest national capital.
The city serves as a commercial centre for the surrounding agricultural and pastoral lands, which yield primarily henequen, coffee, and...
Bolivian statesman Victor Paz Estenssoro was a leader of the left-wing Bolivian political party National Revolutionary Movement (MNR).
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9275406   (942 words)

  
 Best Places to Retire: La Paz, Baja California, Mexico - Jun. 9, 2003
The capital of the southern half of the Baja peninsula, La Paz is located on the Sea of Cortez, just 90 miles from Cabo San Lucas.
Like Cabo, La Paz has great deep-sea fishing and a desert climate; unlike Cabo, La Paz is light on tourist resorts.
The expat community in La Paz is small but growing, and new developments, including gated communities, promise to bring in more.
money.cnn.com /2003/06/04/pf/yourhome/bpretire_la_paz   (553 words)

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