European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 12, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9mexican author Octavio Paz wins Nobel the stars and stripes Stockholm Sweden apr mexican author Octavio Paz whose lyrical poetry explores the loneliness of Man and draws on the Rich imagery of Mexico a landscape won the Nobel prize in literature thursday. Paz also has written Many distinguished essays critical of mexican society which have angered both the right and the left in his Homeland. The Nobel Academy cited Paz 76, for a impassioned writing with wide horizons characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic  Paz who continued writing during a 25-year diplomatic career also was praised for his a wide International  a up Azo a poetry and essays evolve from an intractable but fruitful Union of cultures pre colombian Indian the Spanish conquistadors and Western modernism a the Academy said. The Academy said one of the High Points of his poetry was the Long 1957 poem a Sun Stone a which was inspired by a Nuge Aztec Calendar Stone. T 1 my in let it a am a a aaa fam. A it was the second year in a Row for a Spanish language Winner. Last year the literature laureate was Camilo Jose Cela of Spain. The last latin american Winner was Gabriel Garcia Marquez of Colombia in 1982. The Academy said Paz himself embodies a a Union of cultures a it is in his blood. His mothers family was Spanish from Andalusia. On his fathers Side the Indian and the Spanish Are  a the has got his very own style which combines a deep knowledge of the classical european heritage with the mexican that is the Central american cultural heritage a said swedish radio culture expert Jan olo Vullen. Critics have praised his poetry As lyrical and erotic and have said it expresses his sense of the deep loneliness of Man which can be transcended Only through attempts at communion sexual love compassion and Faith. They have described his poetry As Rich in the images drawn from Mexico a landscape and his own Indian heritage. Paz was bom in 1914 in Mexico City and thanks to his grandfathers extensive Library came into Contact Early with literature the Academy said. After joining the diplomatic service he wrote a the labyrinth of Solitude a a critical essay of the mexican character. The essay deeply affected now mexican society was perceived at Home and abroad but the left and the right also denounced it As an attack on the mexican character. Paz left the diplomatic service in 1968 a resigning As ambassador to India a when the mexican army crushed an anti government movement and killed More than 300 Spanish firefighters inspect debris thursday inside the bomb shattered disco at Santiago de Compostella. Disco bombing kills 3, injures 46 a Santiago de Compostella Spain a three people were killed and another 46 people were injured Early thursday in an explosion in a crowded discotheque a police spokesman said. The beast one of six Early thursday in the Northwes-�5n ru810n Galicia occurred just after 3 30 . Inside the Clanger dance club said the spokesman who asked not to be identified. No group claimed responsibility for the disco bombing. But the tiny nationalist group guerrilla army of the a 6 a an few ple claimed responsibility for the five other bombs in the Region thursday in telephoned warnings said Fontevedra province civil governor Jorge Parada. The blast killed a Man and two women believed to have been handling the bomb when it went off behind a stack of speakers the police spokesman said. A. Police spokesman had reported three women had died. A Flthe 46 injured five were in serious condition at Pocai hospitals while 41 others were listed in Good condition the spokesman said. Sisfa 8jferrilla  seeks Independence from  our pro Vince Northwestern Region of Gal said relatively inactive recently Parada Jara it a Aid police bomb experts had confirmed that ves and Type of devices used in the five Pon he 3  bombings were similar to others used by the group in the past. The bombs damaged businesses owned by or linked to alleged galician cocaine traffickers in four cities of Fontevedra province thursday. No injuries were reported. The owners of the businesses that were attacked included five alleged galician traffickers of colombian cocaine who were among the More than 30 people jailed last june during the country a largest police anti drug operation. That operation focused on longtime galician smugglers of contraband . Tobacco along Galicia a Long jagged coast who have become prime distributors in Europe of colombian cocaine. Parada said the galician terror groups attacks against property linked to drug traffickers could be an attempt to gain Public favor by attacking drug dealers. He said investigators had not established a direct link Between the disco blast and the other bombings. The businesses hit were a clothing boutique a car Dealership a Canning factory a bar and a Bank office Parada said. Parada said police bomb experts defused another bomb blamed on the group at a Bank office after a telephoned bomb threat. The bombed discotheques owner Tomas Beira told Spanish National radio the explosion appeared to occur behind a Large speaker in the club. The blast set off a panic Rush inside the club frequented by students of Santiago de Compostella University. Students at the University announced thursday they planned a protest March against the bombing to show their Solidarity with the injured students. Students. The Academy said Paz has retained his open mindedness and therefore remains a Strong influence on contemporary literature. He still publishes the journal a Vuelta a which he founded in 1976. Since leaving the diplomatic service he has devoted himself to his writing and lecturing especially at Harvard University where he was Given an honorary doctorate in 1980. He received the most important award in the Spanish speaking world the Cervantes prize in 1981, and the prestigious american Neustadt prize in 1982. Ullen said Paz had been on the swedish Academy so Short list of top candidates for Many years. The prize Worth $700,000, is one of five awarded in october under terms of the will of Alfred Nobel the swedish inventor of dynamite who died in 1896. Two american doctors who pioneered human Organ cell and Bone marrow transplants won the Nobel prize in Medicine monday. Joseph e. Murray 71, made the first successful Organ transplant in 1954. E. Donnall Thomas 70, carried out the first Bone marrow transplant leading to a cure for leukaemia and other diseases. The Nobel peace prize will be awarded monday in Oslo Norway. The Nobel prizes in chemistry and physics will be awarded in Stockholm wednesday. The Central Bank of Sweden endowed the Nobel prize in economic science in 1969 and it will be awarded on  activist urges legalization of prostitution Moscow apr with a Smirk on her face a Lone soviet activist nearly caused a riot a Block from the Kremlin on wednesday by tossing hard to find condoms into the air and demanding that prostitution be legalized. A we want to draw attention to the problem of prostitutes because they have no Legal Protection and because they Are the objects of sexual abuse a declared Yevgenia Dobryanskaya a member of the fledgling libertarian party. A nor Are they protected medically a she said. Many in the crowd of More than 100 people including Many soviet journalists shrieked and grabbed for the hundreds of american made condoms she scattered on the ground in front of the i tourist hotel one of Moscow a Best known workplaces for prostitutes. Passers by stopped in amazement and several joined in the scramble on one of Moscow a main thoroughfares. Defying the usually prudish soviet attitude to Ward sex Dobryanskaya also tossed a stack of English language manuals on Safe sex into the air and the wind swept them across the sidewalk in the direction of the Kremlin. Condoms like Many consumer goods have never been plentiful in the soviet Union. Soviet made condoms Are notorious for their poor Quality and a dependability. Western condoms sell for As much As the equivalent of $8 on the Black Market. Wednesdays protest also demonstrated the length to which groups will go to stand out among the growing number of soviet political organizations and the extent to which once banned activities Are now tolerated. Although a half dozen police were present at the unauthorized protest they made no Effort to intervene other than keeping the sidewalk Clear. Debyra Skaya said the libertarian party wanted the repeal of a Law that punishes prostitution with fines. They also want free medical care for prostitutes. She said prostitutes a do not even have the most elementary contraception devices a condoms. And in the age when aids is spreading they Are particularly liable to  soviet officials Haye been slow to acknowledge the spread of acquired immune deficiency syndrome which can be transmitted through sexual Contact intravenous drug use or passed from an infected Mother to her fetus. There Are also no official figures on the number of soviet prostitutes although they do a brisk Trade at hotels catering to foreigners and at train stations