His family was a prominent political family in Mexico, [1] with Spanish and indigenous Mexican roots.
The family experienced financial ruin after the Mexican Revolution and the exile of Zapata supporters known as Zapatistas. The family briefly relocated to Los Angeles before returning to Mexico. These Spanish writers had a great influence on his early writings.
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Two years later, at the age of 19, he published Luna Silvestre "Wild Moon"a collection of poems. Inwith some friends, he funded his first literary review, Barandal. For a few years, Paz studied law and literature at National University of Mexico. The school was set up for the sons of peasants and workers. Influenced by the work of T. Eliotit explores the situation of the Mexican peasant under the domineering landlords of the day.
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He also visited Paris while in Europe. There, he encountered the surrealist movement, which left a profound impact upon him.
In he married Elena Garrowho is considered one of Mexico's finest writers. They had met in They had one daughter, Helena, and were divorced in Two years later he entered the Mexican diplomatic service, and was assigned for a time to New York City.
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The New York Times later described it as "an analysis of modern Mexico and the Mexican personality in which he described his fellow countrymen as instinctive nihilists who hide behind masks of solitude and ceremoniousness. He next was assigned to GenevaSwitzerland.
He returned to Mexico City inwhere he wrote his great poem "Piedra de sol" "Sunstone" inand published Libertad bajo palabra Liberty under Oatha compilation of his poetry up to that time.]
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