# 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 Magdalena Helguera [es])
* 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

| Year | Title | ISBN | Publisher | Notes |
| 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 | ISBN 9974590345 | Alfaguara | |
| 1997 | Una Luna | ISBN 9789974954007 | Alfaguara | |
| 1998 | Un cuento de papel | ISBN 9789974954014 | Alfaguara | |
| 2001 | Julieta: ¿Qué plantaste? | | Alfaguara | |
| 2001 | Violeta | ISBN 9974671280 | Alfaguara | Reissue |
| 2002 | Uno de conejos | ISBN 9974671299 | Alfaguara | |
| 2002 | Cuentos para contar | | Asociación Ser del Uruguay | Proceeds donated to Hospital Pereira Rossell |
| 2003 | Una Pindó | ISBN 9974671604 | Alfaguara | |
| 2004 | Olegario | ISBN 9974671892 | Alfaguara | Reissue |
| 2004 | Meleté | ISBN 9974323533 | Trilce | |
| 2004 | Vamos | ISBN 9974323657 | Trilce | Reissue |
| 2005 | Si vas a dibujar... | ISBN 9974950341 | Alfaguara | |
| 2005 | La Huella | ISBN 9974323932 | Trilce | |
| 2006 | El lapicito verde | ISBN 9974324114 | Trilce | |
| 2006 | Palabras | ISBN 9974950864 | Alfaguara | |
| 2006 | Merelde y los lunares | ISBN 9974951038 | Alfaguara | |
| 2007 | Un Mago | ISBN 9789974801325 | Sudamericana | |
| 2007 | Una lombriz y un águila | ISBN 9789974952508 | Alfaguara | |
| 2008 | Gato blanco, gato negro | ISBN 9789974952706 | Alfaguara | |
| 2008 | Meleté | ISBN 9789974953314 | Alfaguara | Reissue and new format |
| 2009 | Jugamos | ISBN 9789974952959 | Alfaguara | |
| 2009 | Mimos | ISBN 9789974952942 | Alfaguara | |
| 2009 | ¡Hay que insistir! | ISBN 9789974952331 | Alfaguara | |
| 2010 | La huella | ISBN 9789974953222 | Alfaguara | |
| 2010 | ¡Por un Color...! | ISBN 9789974953673 | Alfaguara | |
| 2016 | Los patos no tienen ombligo | ISBN 9789974732124 | Alfaguara | |