Tomás de Mattos explained

Tomás de Mattos Hernández (October 14, 1947 – March 21, 2016) was a Uruguayan writer and librarian. Being from Tacuarembó, de Mattos was one of the relatively few contemporary Uruguayan writers from the north of the country.^[1]

As a librarian, de Mattos also served as the director of the National Library of Uruguay.^[2]

He won the Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo and the Fraternity Award in 1990.^[3]

Works

Among some of the most known works of are the following:

• La puerta de la misericordia (2002)
• Ni Dios permita ; Cielo de Bagdad (2001)
• A la sombra del paraíso (1998)
• A palabra limpia : premios y menciones, primer Concurso de Cuentos para Jovenes (1997)
• Historia estampada (1997)
• La fragata de las máscaras (1996)
• Bernabé, Bernabé! (1988)
• La gran sequía (1984)
• Trampas de barro (1983)
• Libros y perros (1975)

See also

• List of Uruguayan writers
• List of contemporary writers from northern Uruguay

Notes and References

1. Web site: Falleció el escritor Tomás de Mattos. 21 March 2016 . . es .
2. Web site: VE Day celebration in Montevideo. Ambassador Silverstein congratulates war vets. May 5, 2005. US Embassy in Uruguay. 3 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20060923090406/http://uruguay.usembassy.gov/usaweb/paginas/374c-00EN.shtml. September 23, 2006.
3. News: Murió Tomás de Mattos y las letras uruguayas se visten de luto . Diario El Pueblo . Salto . Spanish . March 24, 2016 . December 10, 2017.