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Enrique Krauze Kleinbort (b. September 16, 1947 in Mexico City) is a Mexican historian, essayist and publisher. He is president of the publisher Editorial Clío and director of the cultural magazine Letras Libres.

Krauze received a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the UNAM and a doctorate in history from El Colegio de México. In 1978, he received a scholarship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He has been professor and researcher for the Centro de Estudios Históricos at El Colegio de México, visiting professor at St. Antony's College (University of Oxford) (from December 1981 to 1983) and at The Wilson Center (from October to December 1987). From 1968 to 1970 he participated as a member of the student council as part of the Engineering school. For over twenty years he collaborated with Octavio Paz in Vuelta, where he was deputy editor (1977—1981) and as deputy director (1981—1986). In 1992 he created Editorial Clío, which he directs. In 1999 he created the cultural magazine Letras Libres, that is distributed in several Spanish-speaking countries. He is the brother of artist Perla Krauze (b. 1953).

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