Wajdi Mouawad

Wajdi Mouawad (b. 1971, Beirut) spent his childhood in Lebanon and grew up in France. He studied at the National Stage School in Montreal, where he now lives and works. He writes for newspapers and for the radio, but is mainly involved in the theatre – writing plays for children, young people and adults. He also acts and directs for the stage, and is interested, above all, in works concerning the issues of his native country and its people – war, emigration,… (mehr)