''Letras Libres'' is a Spanish-language monthly literary magazine published in

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

and

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

History and profile

''Letras Libres'', printed since 1999 in Mexico and since 2001 in Spain, has an average of eighteen to twenty articles per issue. Mexican historian

Enrique Krauze Enrique Krauze Kleinbort (born 16 September 1947) is a Mexican historian, essayist, editor, and entrepreneur. He has written more than twenty books, some of which are: ''Mexico: Biography of Power'', ''Redeemers'', and ''El pueblo soy yo'' (''I ...

is the founder of the magazine and he is also editor. The publisher is Editorial Vuelta, a prominent publishing company co-founded by the Nobel Prize laureate in Literature, Octavio Paz. The headquarters of the magazine is in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

. The magazine is heir to previous Latin American literary magazines, specifically '' Vuelta,'' which ceased publication in 1998 with the death of its founder Paz. According to statistics publicized by the magazine on its tenth anniversary, 40% of its pieces during its first decade have been written by Mexican authors, 25% by non-Mexican Spanish-speakers, and 25% by non Spanish-speakers. The latter works were translated specifically for the magazine. Some of the regular contributors of the magazine are leading intellectuals of Latin America and other countries, including Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel Zaid, Rodrigo Fresán, Guillermo Sheridan, Fernando Savater, Hugo Hiriart, Juan Villoro, Alberto Barrera Tyszka, José de la Colina, José Emilio Pacheco, Enrique Vila-Matas, Adolfo Castañón, Roger Bartra, David Rieff, Bisam Álvaro, Jorge Edwards and Patricio Pron. ''Letras Libres'' publishes about history, culture, and social issues. Peter Standish and Steven Bell classified ''Letras Libres'' as "right-wing" in its political views, stating it represents the Mexican cultural and literary establishment, beginning in the 1980s.

References

External links

''Letras Libres'' official website
(in Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Letras Libres 1999 establishments in Mexico 2001 establishments in Spain Literary magazines published in Mexico Literary magazines published in Spain Magazines established in 1999 Monthly magazines published in Spain Mass media in Mexico City Spanish-language magazines