A quarter century after his death, the cultural legacy of Mexican literary giant Octavio Paz is going on display at the poet’s former home in Mexico City. The museum, which opened on March 31, showcases books, documents, works of art and personal items that belonged to Paz, who died on April 19, 1998, aged 84. The collection is housed in the 17th-century mansion where the 1990 Nobel literature laureate lived with his second wife, the French artist Marie Jose Tramini. Not all of the items are yet on display, due to an ongoing legal process surrounding the assets left in the possession of Tramini, who died in 2018 without leaving a will. When the rest of the collection is unveiled to the public will depend on how the legal procedures progress, Leticia Luna, director of the Casa Marie Jose and Octavio Paz museum, told AFP. The museum houses books, documents, works of art and personal items. In 1997, the Mexican government created the Octavio Paz Foundation to preserve and share his work. But his death the following year and differences with his widow complicated the administration of the estate, to the point that the foundation disappeared in 2003. After Tramini’s death, a group of...
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