Edna Mazia

Edna Mazia (; 24 July 1949 – 10 December 2023) was an Israeli playwright, author, screenwriter, and director.

Biography Mazia, born in Tel Aviv as Edna Kutlovitch, was the only child of parents who were deeply involved in the underground militant Zionist movements before the establishment of Israel. Her mother, a Vienna native, was active in Lehi (Lohamei Herut Yisrael, or Fighters for the Freedom of Israel), and her father, a lawyer by profession, commanded the Irgun (Etzel, or National Military Organization) cell in South Africa.

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.

Mazia died in Tel Aviv on 10 December 2023, at the age of 74. She was buried at Nahalal Cemetery.

Awards Mazia received several awards for her work:

The Meir Margalit Award in 1997, for the play "Family Story" ("סיפור משפחתי"). The Leah Goldberg Award, for the play "Family Story." Playwright of the Year by the Israeli Theatre Prize Association for 1998/1999, for the play "The Rebels" ("המורדים"). The Meir Margalit Award in 1999, for the play "The Rebels."