Bel Olid has been regularly active as a translator into Catalan and, to a lesser extent, into Spanish, mainly of feminist and queer literature and children's books, from English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. They became known as an author in 2010 when they received the Documenta Prize for their novel Una terra solitària (2010) and the Rovelló Essay Prize for their study Les heroïnes contrataquen (2011). Olis regularly collaborates in many branches of the Catalan cultural media and written press. They were president of CEATL (European Council of Literary Translators' Associations, 2013‒2015) and president of Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (AELC–Association of Writers in Catalan Language, March 2015 to March 2022). Olid is Assistant Instructional Professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago.