- Wajdi Mouawad
Wajdi Mouawad is a
Canadian writer, actor and director born inLebanon in 1968. After a brief passage inFrance , he moved toQuebec in 1983.Biography
He obtained his diploma from the
National Theatre School of Canada in 1991.In 1998, his creation "Willy Protagoras enfermé dans les toilettes" was voted best
Montreal -based production by l'Association québécoise des critiques de théâtre.From 2000 to 2004, he led the [http://www.quatsous.com/ Théâtre de Quat'sous] in Montreal.He has adapted different works for the theatre, from "
Don Quixote " to "Trainspotting".He was awarded the Governor General's Award in Literature for drama in 2000. In 2002, the French Government bestowed upon him the title of Knight of the
Ordre National des Arts et des Lettres for the collection of his works.He made his first attempt onto the big screen in 2004 by directing and producing the film "Littoral", based on the play of the same name.
On September 1, 2007, he became the Artistic Director of the
National Arts Centre 's French Theatre in Ontario, Canada.External links
* [http://auteurs.contemporain.info/wajdi-mouawad/ Critical bibliography (Auteurs.contemporain.info)]
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