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Alfredo Soderguit.

Writer & illustrator · Uruguay · b. 1973

Alfredo Soderguit: Uruguayan picture-book maker behind The Capybaras — loose, gouache-painted, quietly political migration-and-refuge picture book for ages 4–8.

Alfredo Soderguit is a Uruguayan author-illustrator born in 1973, best known to UK children's-book readers as the creator of The Capybaras, a quietly political picture book about migration, refuge and inclusion, told through capybaras seeking shelter on a hen farm. Soderguit's style is loose, gouache-painted, slightly retro Latin-American, with strong character work and emotional precision. He works also in animation and editorial illustration. A reliable contemporary literary-picture-book maker for ages 4–8, with particular value as inclusive / migration-themed picture-book content.