Wajdi Mouawad is a Lebanese-Canadian writer, actor, and director, born on October 16, 1968, in Beirut, Lebanon. He is widely recognized for his politically engaged works, which often explore themes of family trauma, war, and the betrayal of youth.

Mouawad's family fled Lebanon in 1977 due to the civil conflicts and settled in Paris before moving to Quebec in 1983. He graduated in 1991 from the National Theatre School of Canada. From 2000 to 2004, he directed the Théâtre de Quat'Sous in Montreal. He founded two companies, "Au carré de l'hypoténuse" in France and "Abé carré cé carré" in Montreal, in collaboration with Emmanuel Schwartz.

His international acclaim grew with his tetralogy Le sang des promesses (Forêts, Littoral, Incendies, Ciels), which he both wrote and directed. In 2009, Mouawad was the associate artist at the Avignon Festival and received the Grand Prix du Théâtre by the French Academy for his body of dramatic work.

Wajdi Mouawad has been the director of the Théâtre national de la Colline in Paris since April 2016.