Английская Википедия:Bel Olid

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Bel Olid Báez (born 4 October 1977) is a Catalan writer, translator, and teacher of language, literature, translation, and creative writing. They have received several literary prizes, among them the 2010 Шаблон:Ill. From 2015 to 2022, they were the president of the Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana. As of 2023, they are an Assistant Instructional Professor in Catalan and Spanish at the University of Chicago. Шаблон:TOC limit

Biography

Born in Mataró, the child of immigrants from another region of Spain, Bel Olid earned a licentiate in Translation and Interpreting from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) in 1999, and has since dedicated themself to the translation of books and films. They have worked as a language and literature teacher since 2005. In 2010, they obtained a master's degree in Language and Literature Didactics. They have translated works into Catalan from English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish. They are a member of the Gretel children's and youth literature research group at the UAB.

In 2008, Olid published the storybook Estela, grita muy fuerte to help prevent child abuse, released by the Fineo publishing house for the Rana Association (Help Network for Abused Children) of the Balearic Islands. It received the QWERTY Award for best children's book.

In 2010, they published the essay Les heroïnes contraataquen: models literaris contra l'universal masculí, which received the Rovelló Award.

In 2011, Olid published their first novel, Una terra solitària, in which they portray Andalusian immigration in Catalonia together with cultural, social, and sexual identity in the background, and in which they also introduce the problem of sexual abuse. In 2012 they published La mala reputació (Bad Reputation), awarded with the 2013 Roc Boronat de Narrativa.

In October 2014, together with the writers Josep Maria Espinàs and Albert Sánchez Piñol, they presented the Writers' Manifesto for Independence, signed by more than 300 writers in favor of the independence of Catalonia.

In 2013, Olid was elected president of the Шаблон:Ill (CEATL), and in March 2015 they were elected President of the Association of Writers in Catalan, replacing Шаблон:Ill.

They contribute to various Catalan media outlets, including the newspaper Ara and the cultural magazines Шаблон:Ill and Шаблон:Ill.

For the Catalan autonomous elections of 21 December 2017, Bel Olid participated in the lists of the leftist independence coalition Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) for Barcelona.

Personal life

Olid is a non-binary person and advocates for the use of gender-neutral language in Catalan. Olid uses they/them pronouns in English and elli in Catalan.

Works

Books

• ¡Estela, grita muy fuerte! (2008), Editorial Fineo, Шаблон:ISBN
• Les Heroïnes contraataquen (2011), Шаблон:ISBN
• Una terra solitària (2011), Шаблон:ISBN
• La mala reputació (2012), Шаблон:ISBN
• Vents més salvatges (2016), Planeta Group, Шаблон:ISBN
• Vides aturades (2016), Ara Llibres, Шаблон:ISBN
• Feminisme de butxaca (2017), Шаблон:ISBN
• Garbancito (2018), Combel Edit, Шаблон:ISBN
• Follem? (2019), Bridge, Шаблон:ISBN
• A contrapelo (2020), Capitán Swing, Шаблон:ISBN

Literary awards

• 2009: QWERTY Award from betevé for Best Children's Book for Estela, grita muy fuerte
• 2010: Шаблон:Ill for Una terra solitària
• 2011: Rovelló Award for Les heroïnes contraataquen: models literaris contra l'universal masculí
• 2012: Roc Boronat Award for Celobert amb papallones (La mala reputació)

External links

• Official blog
• Шаблон:Lletra