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. Provided by Wikipedia