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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]

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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
Nationality	Uruguayan
Occupation	Lawyer, writer, librarian
Awards	Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo Fraternity Award

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

• 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

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