Bel Olid Explained

Bel Olid
Birth Date:4 October 1977
Birth Place:Mataró, Spain
Occupation:Writer, translator, teacher
Awards: (2010)
Alma Mater:Autonomous University of Barcelona

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 .[1] [2] From 2015 to 2022, they were the president of the Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana.[3] As of 2024, they are an Assistant Instructional Professor in Catalan and Spanish at the University of Chicago.[4]

Biography

Born in Mataró, the child of immigrants from another region of Spain,[5] 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.[6] [7] 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.[8]

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.[9] It received the QWERTY Award for best children's book.[10]

In 2010, they published the essay Les heroïnes contraataquen: models literaris contra l'universal masculí, which received the Rovelló Award.[2]

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.[11] [12]

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.[13] [14]

In 2013, Olid was elected president of the (CEATL),[15] and in March 2015 they were elected President of the Association of Writers in Catalan, replacing .[16]

They contribute to various Catalan media outlets, including the newspaper Ara[17] and the cultural magazines and .[18]

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.[19]

Personal life

Olid is a non-binary person and advocates for the use of gender-neutral language in Catalan.[20] Olid uses they/them pronouns in English and elli in Catalan.[21]

Works

Books

Translations

German to Catalan

Literary awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: La traductora Bel Olid guanya el premi Documenta . The Translator Bel Olid Wins the Documenta Award . El Punt Avui . Catalan . 27 November 2010 . 11 December 2018.
  2. News: Bel Olid gana el premio Documenta con 'Una terra solitària' . Bel Olid Wins the Documenta Award with 'Una terra solitària' . . EFE . Barcelona . Spanish . 6 April 2011 . 11 December 2018.
  3. Web site: Renovació de la Junta directiva de l'AELC . Renewal of the AELC Board of Directors . . Catalan . 10 December 2018.
  4. Web site: Olid . Bel . Bel Olid . The University of Chicago: Division of the Humanities Romance Languages and Literatures . The University of Chicago . 4 January 2023.
  5. Web site: Bel Olid: 'No parlis en femení! Calla i deixa'm parlar a mi' . Antoni . Trobat . Crític . Catalan . 22 October 2015 . 10 December 2018.
  6. Web site: Bel Olid . Laboratori de Lletres . Spanish . 10 December 2018.
  7. Web site: Bel Olid . . Catalan . 10 December 2018.
  8. Web site: Bel Olid . . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20151226152716/http://www.literatura.gretel.cat/autor/bel-olid . 26 December 2015 . dead . 11 December 2018.
  9. News: Lección de hoy: cómo evitar el abuso sexual . Today's Lesson: How to Avoid Sexual Abuse . Andreu . Manresa . . Spanish . 10 May 2010 . 11 December 2018.
  10. News: Bel Olid: 'no puc evitar escriure' . Bel Olid: 'I Cannot Help Writing' . Nació Digital . Catalan . 6 April 2011 . 11 December 2018.
  11. News: Bel Olid guanya el Premi Roc Boronat amb 'Celobert amb papallones' . Bel Olid Wins the Roc Boronat Award with 'Celobert amb papallones' . . EFE . Barcelona . Catalan . 14 March 2012 . 11 December 2018.
  12. Web site: Bel Olid . Carlos . Cazurro . . Catalan . 31 January 2017 . 11 December 2018.
  13. News: Més de tres-cents escriptors signen un manifest a favor de la consulta i la independència . More Than Three Hundred Writers Sign a Manifesto in Favor of Consultation and Independence . Núria . Orriols . . Barcelona . Catalan . 16 October 2014 . 11 December 2018.
  14. Web site: Bel Olid: 'Vull la independència per a deixar de donar explicacions sobre qui sóc' . Bel Olid: 'I Want Independence to Stop Giving Explanations About Who I Am' . VilaWeb . Catalan . 5 May 2015 . 11 December 2018.
  15. Web site: Bel Olid, escollida nova presidenta del CEATL . Bel Olid, New President of the CEATL . . Catalan . 29 April 2013 . 11 December 2018.
  16. News: Bel Olid, nova presidenta de l'Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana . . Barcelona . Catalan . 30 March 2015 . 11 December 2018.
  17. News: Bel Olid . . Catalan . 11 December 2018.
  18. Etiquetat com a: Bel Olid . Núvol . Catalan . 11 December 2018.
  19. News: La CUP fitxa l'escriptora Bel Olid en la candidatura que encapçalarà Carles Riera . The CUP Lists the Writer Bel Olid in the Candidacy that Will Be Headed by Carles Riera . . EFE . Barcelona . Catalan . 15 November 2017 . 11 December 2018.
  20. Web site: FTA Euforia . 2023-01-09 . Bel Olid: "Puedes hablar con las criaturas de una manera que no las marque, que no les cuentes cómo deben ser" . 2023-04-23 . Euforia . es.
  21. Web site: Bel Olid . 2023-04-24 . La Galera . ca.

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