© Latinas in History 2008
Born
in Havana, Cuba, María Irene Fornés came to live in New
York City in 1945. She studied art at the Provincetown School and traveled
to Europe to further her career. It was there that she discovered a love
of writing and produced her first published play, La Viuda. A
fellowship from the Hay Whitney Foundation and another from the Centro
Mexicano de Escritores helped launch Fornés into a career as a
playwright. The winner of eight Obies, among them Abingdon Square
and Letters From Cuba, Fornés gained international recognition
for her work. She was managing director of the New York Theatre Strategy,
the International Arts Relations (INTAR), and Hispanic Playwrights-in-Residence
Laboratory, worked with school children in Theatre for the New City in
New York City, and taught students in southern California’s Padua
Hills Festival.
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