Mexico City: A series of unpublished letters the late Mexican Nobel-winning poet and writer Octavio Paz wrote when he was ambassador in New Delhi in the 1960s will go on sale today, two days before the 10th anniversary of his death.

The result of nearly 30 years of correspondence (1957-1985) with his Spanish writer friend, "Letters to Tomas Segovia," reveal the 1990 Nobel Literature Prize's thoughts on poetry, international events and friendship with, among others, French author Andre Breton. Most of the letters were written between 1962-1968, when Paz served as Mexico's top diplomat in India.

They were published at the insistence of his widow, Marie-Jose Paz, and include one letter describing how the couple met in Paris, years after they first became acquainted in India. The collection of letters of the author of "Labyrinth of Solitude" cover "for many reasons, a very rich period in Octavio Paz's life," said publisher Joaquin Diez-Canedo.

"They are a treasure revealing an unfamiliar part of his intimate, personal life," he said. Born in 1914, Octavio Paz died of cancer April 19, 1998.

Source : PTI