Wajdi Mouawad

Wajdi Mouawad (Lebanon, 1968 -) is a author, a Director and a actor Québécois. Although he lived in Lebanon and in France, he is established with the Quebec since 1983.

Biography

He receives his diploma of the National school of theater of Canada in 1991.

In 1998, its creation Willy Protagoras locked up in the toilets is elected better production Montreal ease by the Québécois Association of the drama critics.

From 2000 to 2004, it directs the Theater of Quat' under to Montreal.

It adapted various works for the scene, such as Don Quichotte of Cervantès and Trainspotting of Irvine Welsh.

It deserved the Literary prize General governor of Canada in the theater category in 2000.

In 2002, the French government decrees to him the title of knight of the National order of Arts and the Letters for the whole of its work.

It carried out a first test with the big screen in 2004 by scénarisant and carrying out the film Littoral drawn from the part of the same name.

May 9th, 2005, the Molière of the best French-speaking author of theater was to be to him allotted for the part Littoral put in scene by Magali Leiris with Renaud Bécard, but he refuses it in order to denounce the theaters without reading panel and the theater directors which throw the manuscripts.

In March 2006, in Chambéry, in France, it creates Forêts , the third shutter of a quartet on the topic of the heritage. Twenties and one theaters joined this Quebec French creation.

As from September 2007, it will occupy the artistic position of director of the French Theater of the National center of Arts of Ottawa. It also joins again with the theater youth. Its text Assoiffés put in scene by Benoit Vermeulen of the Theater the Nail, theater of creation for teenagers, is presented in big first on October 12th, 2007.

Summary bibliography

Plays

Published

  • Alphonse , Littoral Leméac, 1996.
  • , Acts South-Papers, 1999.
  • hands of Edwige at the time of the birth , Leméac, 1999.
  • Pacamambo , Acts South-Papers Junior, 2000.
  • Dreams , Acts South-Papers, 2002.
  • Fires , Acts South-Papers, 2003.
  • Willy Protagoras locked up in the toilets , Leméac, 2004.
  • Forests , Leméac, Acts South-Papers, 2006.
  • Assoiffés , Leméac, Acts South-Papers, 2007.
Not published
  • Started from hide-and-seek between 2 Czechoslovakian at the beginning of the century (1992)
  • Day of weddings at Cromagnons (1992)
  • a shell in the heart (2003)
  • Ciels" (200?)

Radiophonic writings

  • Far from the chairs
  • Wilfrid
  • William Mr.
  • the Knight
  • In the cathedral
  • the Trains howl when one kills
  • the Foreigners of the edge of the world

Honors

  • 2004 - Price Jacqueline-Déry-Mochon
  • 2005 - Molière of the best French-speaking author, than he refuses.

Other

  • Face found , novel, Leméac/Actes Sud, 2002.

  • I am the malicious one! , discussions with the director Andre Brassard, Littoral Leméac, 2004.
  • , cinematographic projection of the part of théàtre of the same name, VAT Films, 2004
  • Architecture of a walker , talks granted to Jean-François Side, Leméac, 2005.

External bonds

  • Biographie (Center of the dramatic authors)
  • Critique of a setting in scene D ''' Incendies '' in 2004
  • Documentation criticizes on the work of Wajdi Mouawad (auteurs.contemporain.info site)

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