María Teresa Andruetto

María Teresa Andruetto was born on January 26, 1954 in Arroyo Cabral. His extensive literary work for younger audiences includes, among other titles, The Enchanted Ring (1993), Stefano (1997), Footprints in the Sand (1998), The Vampire Woman (2000), Benjamino (2003), The Country of Juan (2003), Veladuras (2004), Solgo (2004), Trenes (2007), La dormmiente (2008) and the series for early readers Fefa is like that. Throughout his career he has received numerous distinctions, such as the Novela Prize from the National Fund for the Arts, IBBY Honor List and scholarships from the Internationale Jugendbibliotek (Munich, Germany), in addition to the V SM Ibero-American Prize for Children’s and Young People’s Literature. in 2009. In 2012, she won the Hans Christian Andersen award, the “Nobel for Children’s Literature”, for her entire work.