Yasmina Reza
Yasmina Reza began work as an actress, appearing in several new plays as well as Molière and Marivaux. In 1987, she wrote Conversations After A Burial, which was directed by Patrice Kerbrat and won the Molière Award for Best Author, SACD New Talent Award, the Johnson Foundation Award, and was subsequently performed across Europe and in South America. Following this, she translated Kafka’s Metamorphosis for Roman Polanski and was nominated for a Molière Award for Best Fringe Production and her next play, The Unexpected Man, enjoyed successful productions in France, Scandinavia and Germany. In 1995, Art premiered in Paris and went on to win the Molière Award for Best Author. Since then it has been produced world-wide and translated into 20 languages. The London production received the 1996/97 Olivier Award and Evening Standard Award and continues to play at the Wyndham’s Theatre. Screenwriting credits include See You Tomorrow, starring Jeanne Moreau and directed by Didier Martiny. In September 1997, her first novel, Hammerklavier, was published in France to great critical acclaim. Future projects include The Unexpected Man for the Royal Shakespeare Company in London, directed by Matthew Warchus, starring Michael Gambon and Eileen Atkins.
