"Die Nachahmung der Moderne hat mehr Talente steril gemacht als die Nachahmung der Alten."
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Die andere Zeit der Dichtung. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1989. S. 200
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Octavio Paz
1914 – 1998
mexikanischer Schriftsteller und Diplomat
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