Being from Tacuarembó, de Mattos is one of the relatively few contemporary Uruguayan writers from the north of the country.
Outstanding among the prose and fiction figures are Juan Carlos Onetti, Carlos Martínez Moreno, Eduardo Galeano, Mario Benedetti, Tomás de Mattos, Mauricio Rosencof and Jorge Majfud.
University of Santo Tomas | Tomás Luis de Victoria | Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk | Santo Tomás District | Tomas Leandersson | Santo Tomás District, Chumbivilcas | Tomas Venclova | Tomas Haake | Tomás Arias | Rector Magnificus of the University of Santo Tomas | Tomás Maldonado | Tomáš Bezdeda | Tomas Arana | Santo Tomás District, Luya | University of Santo Tomas College of Education | Tomás Taveira | Tomas Lindberg | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Tomás Eloy Martínez | Tomás de Torres | Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa | Tomás de Bhaldraithe | Tomas Alfredson | Tomas | Santo Tomás | Alexander Teixeira de Mattos | University of Santo Tomas Field | University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery | University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law | University of Santo Tomás |