In 1977 Mr Krauze started working with Mexican Nobel Prize laureate Octavio Paz in the Vuelta magazine. Later on he founded the publishing house Clío and the Letras Libres magazine.

Among many awards and honors he has received in his career, The King of Spain awarded him the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic and he is also listed as one of the 100 global intellectuals according to Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines.

The Mexican government awarded him the National Prize for Sciences and Arts in the category of History, Social Sciences and Philosophy. He has also been visiting professor at St. Anthony’s College, Oxford, at The Wilson Center and Princeton University. Mr Krauze has written over 35 books. Clío has published close to 250 titles on history, art and culture.