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EliseWilk
Elise Wilk (born 1981 in Braşov, Romania) has degrees in
Journalism, Literature and Communication, and Playwriting
from Romanian universities. Her plays have been staged
dozens of times in Romania and internationally since 2008.
In 2014, she was included in the
Forum of Young European
Playwrights
fromtheWiesbadenTheatreBienale, thebiggest
European contemporary theatre festival. Forbes Magazine
Romania has named her among the young trendsetters of
Romania. Last year she won the Romanian National Drama
Prize.
“The Taxi Driver” is a monologue from her play,
It happened
oneThursday
. Thisworkwon the“dramAcum”award formost
important new text of Romanian contemporary dramaturgy,
but is not available in English.