Wajdi Mouawad
Wajdi Mouawad left Lebanon with his family at the age of eight for an initial exile in Paris. Eight years later his parents immigrated to Quebec. As an acting student, theatre was for him “ like an obligatory passage toward writing ”. Actor, playwright, director, co-founder of Théâtre Ô Parleur and artistic director of Théâtre de Quat’Sous since January 2000, Wajdi Mouawad has written nine plays, including Littoral, Rêves, les Mains d'Edwige au moment de la naissance, Willy Protagoras enfermé dans les toilettes and, for young audiences, Alphonse and Pacamambo. He has adapted for the stage seminal texts by Homer, Cervantès, Jules Verne and Céline, and recently published his first novel, Visage retrouvé. In very short order, Wajdi Mouawad has created an important body of work and established an enviable reputation, attracting national and international renown for his work in the theatre.