Francesco Tomada

Francesco Tomada (1966) was born in Udine. He studied biology and biochemistry in Trieste, now he lives in Gorizia and works as high school teacher. He started writing in the early nineties, and since then he took part to several readings and live performances. His poems appeared in various literary magazines in Italy, Slovenia, France, Canada, in websites, and have been translated also in English, Chinese, and Romanian. His first book, titled L’infanzia vista da qui (Childhood from here), was published in 2006 and won the Literary Prize Beppe Manfredi for the best debut in 2007.