Mexico City celebrates cultural legacy of literary giant Octavio Paz

A security guard checks his mobile phone at the Casa Marie Jose and Octavio Paz museum in Mexico City. A quarter century after his death, the cultural legacy of Mexican literary giant Octavio Paz is being put on public display at the poet's former home in Mexico City. Photo: AFP

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.