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.

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

He won the Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo and the Fraternity Award in 1990.

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)