Wajdi Mouawad
Personal information
- Known for
- Writing
- Known credits
- 12
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- October 16, 1968
- Place of birth
- Deir al-Qamar, Lebanon
- Also known as
- وجدي معوض
Biography
Wajdi Mouawad, OC, is a Lebanese-Canadian writer, actor, and director. He is known in Canadian and French theatre for politically engaged works such as the acclaimed play Incendies (2003). His works often revolve around family trauma, war, and the betrayal of youth. Since April 2016, Mouawad has been the director of the Théâtre national de la Colline in Paris.
