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 Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo and the Fraternity Award un 1990.
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)