Avraham Oz

Avraham Oz
Professor Emeritus, University of Haifa
Native name
אברהם עוז
Born (1944-05-23) May 23, 1944
Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
OccupationTheatre director, translator, peace activist
NationalityIsraeli
GenreLiterary criticism, translation
SpouseTal Itzhaki
Website
research.haifa.ac.il/~theatre/oz.html

Avraham Oz (Hebrew: אברהם עוז; born May 23, 1944) is an Israeli Professor Emeritus of theatre, Hebrew and comparative literature at the University of Haifa. He has also translated several English literary works into Hebrew and is a well-known peace activist. He specializes in English theatre and drama, William Shakespeare, political theatre, and theatre theory.