María Irene Fornés (1930–2018)
Auteur van Fefu and Her Friends
Over de Auteur
María Irene Fornés was born in Havana, Cuba on May 14, 1930. She moved with her mother and a sister to New York City in 1945. Before becoming a playwright, she was a painter who studied for a time with the Abstract Expressionist Hans Hofmann. Fornés taught playwriting at New York University, the toon meer Padua Hills Playwrights Festival in California, and the Intar Hispanic American Arts Center in Manhattan. In 1965, collaborating with the composer Al Carmines, she wrote the book and lyrics for Promenade. Her other plays included Fefu and Her Friends, Mud, The Danube, The Conduct of Life, Abingdon Square, Enter the Night, and Letters from Cuba. Her plays received eight Obie awards and she received an Obie for lifetime achievement in 1982. She died on October 30, 2018 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van María Irene Fornés
The Danube 3 exemplaren
Springtime 2 exemplaren
Theater - Winter, 1968 1 exemplaar
PAJ: Winter, 1978 - Volume II, Number 3 1 exemplaar
Mud 1 exemplaar
Promenade 1 exemplaar
The Danube. Mud / Ο Δούναβης - Λάσπη 1 exemplaar
Letters from Cuba 1 exemplaar
The Conduct Of Life 1 exemplaar
Theater: Anniversary Issue 1 exemplaar
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- Gangbare naam
- Fornés, María Irene
- Geboortedatum
- 1930-05-14
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2018-10-30
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
Cuba (birth) - Geboorteplaats
- Havana, Cuba
- Plaats van overlijden
- New York, New York, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Woonplaatsen
- Paris, France
New York, New York, USA - Beroepen
- playwright
writing teacher
theater director - Relaties
- Sontag, Susan (partner)
Zwerling, Harriet Sohmers (partner) - Organisaties
- New York University
Padua Hills Playwrights Festival
Intar Hispanic American Arts Center
New York Theater Strategy - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Laura Pels Foundation Awards for Drama (2002)
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American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award ( [1985])
Obie Award for Best New American Play
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