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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yasmina Reza (born 1 May 1959 or 1960 in Paris) is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter. Her parents were both of Jewish origin, her father Iranian, her mother Hungarian. Reza began work as an actress, appearing in several new plays as well as in plays by Moliere and Marivaux. In 1987 she wrote Conversations after a Burial, which won the Moliere Award, the French equivalent of the Laurence Olivier Award or the Tony Award, for Best Author. Following this, she translated Kafka's The Metamorphosis for Roman Polanski and was nominated for a Moliere Award for Best Translation. Her second play, Winter Crossing, won the 1990 Moliere Award for Best Fringe Production, and her next play The Unexpected Man, enjoyed successful productions in England, France, Scandinavia, Germany and New York. In 1995, 'Art' premiered in Paris and went on to win the Moliere Award for Best Author. Since then it has been produced worldwide and translated and performed in over 30 languages. The London production received the 1996-97 Laurence Olivier Award and Evening Standard Award.

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