Posted by Between the Lines

Octavio Paz (1914 – 1998) was a Mexican poet, essayist and diplomat. Paz was a prolific author and poet publishing many works during his lifetime. He grew up under poor circumstances, but access to his grandfather’s library at an early age, sparked his interest in literature. He published his first poems in 1931 when still a teenager. Two years later, at the age of nineteen, he published Luna Silvestre (Wild Moon), a collection of poems. In 1997 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. The above quote, was originally written in Spanish as: "Aprender a dudar es aprender a pensar".  More