Susana Olaondo

Susana Olaondo (born 27 May 1953) is a Uruguayan writer and illustrator.

Biography Susana Olaondo was born in Montevideo in 1953. She studied drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, and introduction to visual and technical language in gardening, and graduated from the Municipal School of Gardening. Since 1990 she has held a plastic expression workshop for children where creativity is encouraged. The author highlights her versatility by writing her own stories and illustrating them. She initially started writing and drawing for her two children. In 1990 she illustrated her first book, La Tía Merelde, and since then has continued to work in children's literature. Several of her books have been published and translated in the United States and Chile. She has published several works, including an audiobook for the Braille Foundation of Uruguay.

The author has demonstrated her passion for nature, plants and animals, taking these elements as inspiration to reflect on later in her books. Some of her stories (Felipe, Olegario, Una Pindó) have been theatrically adapted.

Awards and recognitions 1997, 2nd National Literature Prize for children and young adults for Felipe 1998, 1st National Literature Prize for children and young adults for Un cuento de papel 2000, Honorable mention for Apenas un color from the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay (MEC) 2002, Honorable mention for Uno de conejos from the MEC 2004, 1st mention for Una Pindó from the MEC 2006, 2nd National Literature Prize for children and young adults for Palabras (shared with writer ) 2008, Honorable mention for Gato negro, gato blanco from the MEC 2010, Bartolomé Hidalgo Prize for Por un color, "for encouraging reading in images, where text and illustration coexist, and the ethical and aesthetic function of Children's and Young People's Literature are combined" 2016, Golden Book Award for Los patos que no tiene ombligo

Works YearTitleISBNPublisherNotes 1990 La Tía Merelde Ediciones Mosca Hnos. 1992 Te lo dije Nino Ediciones Mosca Hnos. 1992 Olegario un bicho de luz apagado Ediciones Mosca Hnos. 1994 Un Pato Ediciones de autor 1994 Violeta Ediciones de autor 1994 Vamos Ediciones de autor 1995 La radio de Don Marío Braille Foundation of Uruguay Audiobook 1996 Felipe Alfaguara 1997 Una Luna Alfaguara 1998 Un cuento de papel Alfaguara 2001 Julieta: ¿Qué plantaste? Alfaguara 2001 Violeta Alfaguara Reissue 2002 Uno de conejos Alfaguara 2002 Cuentos para contar Asociación Ser del Uruguay Proceeds donated to Hospital Pereira Rossell 2003 Una Pindó Alfaguara 2004 Olegario Alfaguara Reissue 2004 Meleté Trilce 2004 Vamos Trilce Reissue 2005 Si vas a dibujar... Alfaguara 2005 La Huella Trilce 2006 El lapicito verde Trilce 2006 Palabras Alfaguara 2006 Merelde y los lunares Alfaguara 2007 Un Mago Sudamericana 2007 Una lombriz y un águila Alfaguara 2008 Gato blanco, gato negro Alfaguara 2008 Meleté Alfaguara Reissue and new format 2009 Jugamos Alfaguara 2009 Mimos Alfaguara 2009 ¡Hay que insistir! Alfaguara 2010 La huella Alfaguara 2010 ¡Por un Color...! Alfaguara 2016 Los patos no tienen ombligo Alfaguara