1914- . Mexican poet and essayist. His works
reflect many influences, including Marxism,
surrealism and Aztec mythology. His most
celebrated poem Piedra del sol/Sun Stone 1957
uses contrasting images, centring upon the
Aztec Calendar Stone (representing the Aztec
universe), to symbolize the loneliness of
individuals and their search for union with
others. Nobel Prize for Literature 1990.