Mexico's Government Secretary has revealed that Congress has declared 2014 as "The Year of Octavio Paz." Poet, writer, essayist and diplomat, Octavio Paz was born in Mexico City on the 31st of March 1914 and died on the 19th of April, 1998. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990. The statement from the Mexican Government indicated that all official correspondence from the State will contain the footer or watermark "2014, Year of Octavio Paz." This will go into effect on Saturday and last through to December 31.