María Irene Fornés

María Irene Fornés (May 14, 1930 – October 30, 2018) was a Cuban-American playwright and director. She was a leading figure of the off-off-Broadway movement in the 1960s.

In 1965, she won her first Obie Award for Promenade and The Successful Life of 3.  She was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize with her play And What of the Night? in 1990. Other notable works include Fefu and Her Friends, Mud, Sarita, and Letters from Cuba.

Fornés became known in both Hispanic-American and experimental theatre in New York, winning a total of nine Obie Awards.

Fornés died in New York City on October 30, 2018 from complications of dementia at the age of 88.

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