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

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

and

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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 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 Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, a ...

. The headquarters of the magazine is in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley of ...

. The magazine is heir to previous Latin American literary magazines, specifically '' Vuelta,'' which ceased publication in 1998 with the death of its founder Paz. At beginning of the 2000s, the magazine launched its website, which was designed by Danilo Black. 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 Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (born 28 March 1936), more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa (, ), is a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and former politician, who also holds Spanish citizenship. Vargas Ll ...

Gabriel Zaid Gabriel Zaid is a Mexican writer, poet and intellectual. Early life He was born in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, on January 24, 1934, son of Palestinian immigrants, is a Mexican thinker (poet, essayist, economist, businessman, engineer, an ...

Rodrigo Fresán Rodrigo Fresán (born 1963 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a fiction writer and journalist. Since 1999, Fresán has lived and worked in Barcelona, Spain. His books have been translated into many languages. ''Mantra'', a portrait of Mexico City ca. ...

, Guillermo Sheridan, Fernando Savater, Hugo Hiriart,

Juan Villoro Juan Villoro (born 24 September 1956, in Mexico City) is a Mexican writer and journalist and the son of philosopher Luis Villoro. He has been well known among intellectual circles in Mexico, Latin America and Spain for years, but his success amo ...

, Alberto Barrera Tyszka, José de la Colina,

José Emilio Pacheco José Emilio Pacheco Berny (June 30, 1939 – January 26, 2014) was a Mexican poet, essayist, novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the major Mexican poets of the second half of the 20th century. The Berlin International Lite ...

, 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