Octavio Paz

[Stella Sandahl]

Dear all,
I personally believe that Paz actually improved on Ingalls'  
translations. Paz' "translations" are of course unfaithful, but they  
are quite effective, especially the VallaNa one. After all, Octavio  
Paz was a great poet in his own right. I just wanted to know if he  
had actually taken his renderings of the verses I quoted  from  
somewhere else. That doesn't seem to be the case.
Thank you all for paying attention to this small issue.
Best wishes to all
Stella Sandahl
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Stella Sandahl
ssandahl at sympatico.ca



On 30-Jul-09, at 6:49 PM, Alfred Collins wrote:

> I can't answer the question specifically, but know that Paz was  
> Mexican ambassador (or other consular official) to India, and that  
> he was a friend of the novelist Raja Rao. I met Paz in Austin when  
> Raja was teaching at the Univ. of Texas, probably in 1970 or so.
>
> Al Collins
>