Paolo Tiausas is a Filipino poet and performer. He is the author of Tuwing Nag-iisa sa Mapa ng Buntong-hininga (University of the Philippines Press, 2021)—which won Best Book of Poetry in Filipino in the 40th National Book Awards—and Angas? (Ateneo University Press, 2025). In the 2021 Talaang Ginto, he was awarded as Makata ng Taón by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF). He is also a recipient of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. In 2024, he participated in the Kyoto Writers Residency held in Japan as the Japan Foundation ASEAN Fellow. Along with Nikay Paredes, he cofounded TLDTD (tldtd.org), a biannual online journal for Filipino poets and poetry, which won first place and honourable mention in The 2021 Hawker Prize for Southeast Asian Poetry run by Sing Lit Station.
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Si Paolo Tiausas ay Filipino na nagsusulat at nagtatanghal ng mga tula. Siya ang may-akda ng Tuwing Nag-iisa sa Mapa ng Buntong-hininga (University of the Philippines Press, 2021)—na nagwagi bilang Best Book of Poetry in Filipino sa 40th National Book Awards—at Angas? (Ateneo University Press, 2025). Nabansagan siyang Makata ng Taón sa 2021 Talaang Ginto ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF). Nagawaran na rin siya ng Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. Lumahok siya noong 2024 sa Kyoto Writers Residency, na idinaos sa Japan, bilang Japan Foundation ASEAN Fellow. Kapwa-patnugot niya si Nikay Paredes sa TLDTD (tldtd.org), isang biannual online journal para sa mga tula at makatang Filipino, na nagwagi ng unang gantimpala at honorable mention sa The 2021 Hawker Prize for Southeast Asian Poetry ng Sing Lit Station.
Paolo Tiausas 