Tomás de Mattos

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.

Tomás de Mattos
Born
Tomás de Mattos Hernández

(1947-10-14)October 14, 1947
Montevideo, Uruguay
DiedMarch 21, 2016(2016-03-21) (aged 68)
Montevideo, Uruguay
NationalityUruguayan
OccupationLawyer, writer, librarian
AwardsFraternity Award (1990)[1]

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

Works
  • 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

References
  1. "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.
  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.


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