Ms. Nelega, based in the Transylvanian city of Tirgu Mures, is a playwright and fiction writer, journalist and theatre director. Her plays have been translated and published in French, English, German, Hungarian, Polish and Russian, and have been either performed or read in Romania and Hungary, as well as internationally, in London, Zurich, and New York. She participated in festivals and cultural exchanges in Europe (Ireland, Switzerland, Holland, Germany) and in the USA (New York Fringe Festival), and was a beneficiary of international residencies at the Royal Court Theatre and The Bush Theatre (London). She also runs playwrighting workshops, teaches and directs new writing. She writes and directs radio plays. She introduced to the Romanian audiences Eve Enslers’ "The Vagina Monologues". She is a recipient of several awards, including the "Play of the Year 2000” Award (UNITER) and holds a Ph.D. in theatre studies from Bucharest University.