Wajdi Mouawad

Writer, director and actor Wajdi Mouawad spent his childhood in Lebanon, his adolescence in France, his young adult years in Quebec, and now lives in France. He has adapted and directed contemporary and classic plays as well as his own. He was artistic director of the Théâtre de Quat'Sous in Montreal from 2000 to 2004 and of the Théâtre français du Centre national des arts in Ottawa from 2007 to 2012. Since 2016 he is the director of La Colline - théâtre national. In the Netherlands, Mouawad is best known for his plays Littoral, Incendies, Forêts and Tous des oiseaux, which have all been performed in Dutch translation in recent years. Mouawad has published two novels: Visage retrouvé in 2002 and Anima in 2012. 

Last update: 10-03-2025