Olivia Tapiero

Olivia Tapiero is a writer, translator and musician. Her published works include Les murs (2009, Robert-Cliche Prize laureate), Espaces (2012), Chairs (2019),  Phototaxie / Phototaxis (2017/2021, Lambda Literary Awards Finalist), Rien du tout / Nothing at All (2021/2025, Governor General’s Literary Prize Finalist, Grand Prix du livre de Montréal Finalist) and Un carré de poussière (2025, Spirale Eva-le-Grand Prize laureate). She has translated works by Anne Boyer, Roxane Gay, Billy-Ray Belcourt and Eli Tareq El-Bechelany Lynch. She regularly collaborates with choreographer and composer Charlie Khalil Prince. She lives in Marseille.

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