Joan Todó
Joan Todó Cortiella (la Sénia, 2 d'abril de 1977) és un poeta i escriptor català. Va estudiar Teoria literària i Literatura comparada a la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Un cop finalitzats els estudis va emprendre la seua carrera literària a Barcelona. De la seua experiència a la capital catalana en sorgeix el seu primer recull de poemes, Los fòssils (al ras) i també el seu primer llibre narratiu, A butxacades. Posteriorment també ha publicat El fàstic que us cega, un altre recull poètic.
n el seu llibre A butxacades, del 2011, va fer la seva aportació al gènere del conte en català, hi reunia una dotzena de narracions publicades, majoritàriament, a la revista digital 'Paper de vidre' entre el 2007 i el 2010. Va ser el primer volum de la c
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