Edna Mazya

Edna Mazya was born in Tel Aviv in 1949. She studied theater and philosophy, and received her MA from Tel Aviv University where she later taught dramatic writing. Several of Mazya`s plays have been staged abroad. She has also published two successful novels. In 1997, Mazya was awarded the Margalit Prize for her plays The Rebels and Family Story. For The Rebels, she also received the Leah Goldberg Prize and was nominated Playwright of the Year (1998). A film for which she wrote the script received the Israel Academy`s Best TV Film Award (2004).

Books Published in Hebrew

Fiction

An X-Ray Burst (novel), Hakkibutz Hameuchad/Siman Kriah, 1997 [Hitpartzut X]

The Unsatisfied (novel), Keshet, 2005 [Roman Mishpachti]

Plays

Wien by the Sea (Or Am, 1995)

The Uncle from Capetown (Or Am, 1995)

Games in the Backyard (Or Am, 1993)

Family Story, (Or Am, 1997)

The Rebels (Or Am, 1999)

Herod (Or Am, 2000)

Was it a Dream (Or Am, 2008)

Childrens

Again, Again, Granny! Kinneret, Zmora- Bitan, Dvir, 2010 [Savta, Od Pa`am!]

Books in Translation

An X-Ray Burst
German: Cologne, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2001; in paperback: 2003
Italian: Rome, edizioni e/o, 2001
English: Sydney, Picador /Pan Macmillan, 2005; New York, Europa, 2006
French: Paris, Liana Levi, 2008

Games in the Backyard (play)
English: Haifa, Haifa Municipal Theater, 1993
French: Brussels, Theatre de Poche, 1995

The Unsatisfied
German: Cologne, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2008

Manuscripts available (for publishers only) in English translation
The Unsatisfied

Last updated: 20.5.2010