Letras Libres
 April 2006 issue | |
| Director | Enrique Krauze |
|---|---|
| Categories | Literature |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Editorial Vuelta[1] |
| Country | Mexico and Spain[1] |
| Based in | Mexico City, Mexico[1] |
| Language | Spanish |
| Website | www.letraslibres.com |
| ISSN | 1405-7840 |
Letras Libres is a literary magazine published monthly by Editorial Vuelta, a prominent publishing company co-founded by the Nobel Prize laureate in Literature, Octavio Paz. The magazine, printed since 1999 in Mexico and since 2001 in Spain, has an average of eighteen to twenty texts in every issue[2] and is currently directed by Mexican historian Enrique Krauze.[1]
According to statistics publicized by the magazine on its tenth anniversary, 40% of its 4300 contributions during its first decade have been written by Mexican authors, 25% by non Mexican Spanish-speakers and 25% by non Spanish-speakers that have been translated specifically for the magazine.[2]
Some of the regular contributors of the magazine are 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 Castanon, Roger Bartra, David Rieff, Bisam Álvaro, Jorge Edwards and Patricio Pron.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Quiénes somos" (in Spanish). Letras Libres. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Una década de Letras Libres" (in Spanish). El Informador. 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
External links
- Letras Libres official website (in Spanish)