Tomás de Mattos

Tomás de Mattos
Born	Tomás de Mattos Hernández (1947-10-14)October 14, 1947 Montevideo, Uruguay
Died	March 21, 2016(2016-03-21) (aged 68) Montevideo, Uruguay
Occupation(s)	Lawyer, writer, librarian
Awards	Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo Fraternity Award

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 Tomás de Mattos 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

References

1. "Falleció el escritor Tomás de Mattos". El País (in Spanish). March 21, 2016.
2. "VE Day celebration in Montevideo. Ambassador Silverstein congratulates war vets". US Embassy in Uruguay. May 5, 2005. Archived from the original on September 23, 2006. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
3. "Murió Tomás de Mattos y las letras uruguayas se visten de luto". Diario El Pueblo (in Spanish). Salto. March 24, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2017.