Octavio Paz

        Octavio Paz was a Mexican poet who was born in 1914 in Mexico City. He is very accredited, having won the Miguel de Cervantes award in 1981, the American Neustadt Prize in 1982, and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990. He helped to found the Mexican, anti-fascist newspaper, The Taller(Workshop). He was an extremely strong believer in anti-fascism. Later, he helped to found two magazines: Plural and Vuelta.
        He did work in Mexico, India, France, Spain, and the U.S.A. This can be seen in his works, as these countries inspired many of his poems and essays. He participated in the second international congress for anti-fascism while in Spain. He was sent to France as a Mexican Diplomat. He was later sent to India as the Mexican Ambassador. He later resigned from diplomatic service due to the fascist treatment of student demonstrations during the Olympic games in Mexico.