Edna Mazia
Edna Mazia | |
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עדנה מזי"א | |
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| Born | 24 July 1949 Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Died | 10 December 2023 (aged 74) Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Burial place | Nahalal Cemetery |
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Edna Mazia (Hebrew: עדנה מזי"א; 24 July 1949 – 10 December 2023) was an Israeli playwright, author, screenwriter, and director.[1]
Biography
[edit]Mazia began her career as a screenwriter, working with film director Amos Guttman on several films in the early 1980s. She transitioned to playwright in the 1990s, with her first play premiering in 1991 at Haifa Theatre.[2]
Mazia was considered as one of the top playwrights in the Israeli theatre, as well as finding success as a theatre director and directing all theatre plays by her friend Anat Gov.[3]
Mazia died in Tel Aviv on 10 December 2023, at the age of 74. She was buried at Nahalal.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "המחזאית והבימאית עדנה מזי"א נפטרה בגיל 74" (in Hebrew). Davar1. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "המחזאית עדנה מזי"א הלכה לעולמה בגיל 74" (in Hebrew). Ynet. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "הבימאית והמחזאית עדנה מזי"א הלכה לעולמה" (in Hebrew). Israel Hayom. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "הבמאית והמחזאית עדנה מזי"א ("משחקים בחצר האחורית") הלכה לעולמה בגיל 74" (in Hebrew). Walla. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
Categories:
- 1949 births
- 2023 deaths
- People from Tel Aviv
- Jewish women writers
- Jewish Israeli writers
- 20th-century Israeli Jews
- 21st-century Israeli Jews
- Israeli female dramatists and playwrights
- Israeli female screenwriters
- 20th-century Israeli screenwriters
- 21st-century Israeli screenwriters
- 20th-century Israeli dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century Israeli dramatists and playwrights
- Deaths from cancer in Israel
- Burials at Nahalal Cemetery