''Vuelta'' was a Spanish-language literary magazine published in

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, Mexico, from 1976 to 1998. It was founded by poet

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, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. The magazine, successor to the earlier ''Plural'' (founded 1971), closed after his death. Its role was inherited by ''

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''.

History and profile

''Vuelta'' was founded by poet

in December 1976 following the controversial dismantling of the workers' cooperative that ran the daily newspaper ''

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''. The magazine ceased publication following Paz's death in 1998. The magazine published an important group of international intellectuals and writers, from Mexico, Latin America, the United States, and Europe, many of whom Paz met during his remarkable career. These included

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, and

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, among others. Paz published a collection of poems under the title ''Vuelta,'' which were written between 1969 and 1974. In 1988, historian

criticized

and his fiction in an article ''Vuelta'', dubbing him a "guerrilla dandy" for the perceived gap between his Marxist politics and his personal lifestyle, as well as his long absences from the country he wrote about. This essay contributed to a permanent rift between Paz and Fuentes, formerly close friends, who were also estranged because of Fuentes' support for the

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. ''Vuelta'' received the 1993

Prince of Asturias Award The Princess of Asturias Awards ( es, Premios Princesa de Asturias, links=no, ast, Premios Princesa d'Asturies, links=no), formerly the Prince of Asturias Awards from 1981 to 2014 ( es, Premios Príncipe de Asturias, links=no), are a series of a ...

for Communications and Humanities. In the award, ''Vuelta'' was described as "one of the most important cultural phenomena in the Spanish language".

References

External links

Revista ''Vuelta'': Prince of Asturias Award
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