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
Occupation(s)Lawyer, writer, librarian
AwardsPremio 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 Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo and the Fraternity Award un 1990.[3]

Works

Among some of the most known works of Hernandez 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

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.
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