Sylvia Lago Carzolio (born 20 November 1932) is a Uruguayan writer, teacher, and literary critic.
[3][4] Her great-aunt was professor Elda Lago, a member of the Generación del 45, who bequeathed her home to the University of the Republic (UdelaR).
[3] She carried out academic and scientific activities at the Department of Uruguayan and American Literature at UdelaR's Faculty of Humanities and Educational Sciences, eventually becoming its chair.
[3][6] In 1962, she published her first work, the young adult novel Trajano, which won awards in contests organized by the magazine Número and the Departmental Council of Montevideo.
Her output was limited in the years after the 1973 coup d'état; she mainly published short story collections, such as Detrás del rojo, Las flores conjuradas, and El corazón de la noche.