story by Chekhov) (1986) Art (1986) The Mothers (1986; revised as Nadine in 1989) Abingdon Square (1987) Hunger (1988) And What of the Night? (four one-act plays: Nadine, Springtime, Lust and Hunger) (1989) Oscar and Bertha (1992) Terra Incognita (an opera libretto with a piano score by Roberto Sierra, 90 minutes) (1992) Enter the Night (1993) Summer in Gossensass (1995) Manual for a Desperate Crossing (1996) Balseros (Rafters) (opera libretto based on Manual for a Desperate Crossing, music by Robert Ashley) (1997) Letters from Cuba (2000) Direction, adaptation, and translation Blood Wedding (translated and adapted Bodas de Sangre by Federico García Lorca) (1980) Life is a Dream (translated, adapted and directed La vida es sueño by Pedro Calderón de la Barca) (1981) Cold Air (translated, adapted and directed a play by Virgilio Piñera) (1985) Uncle Vanya (revised Marian Fell's translation of the play by Anton Chekhov and directed) (1987) Awards and recognition 1961 John Hay Whitney Foundation fellowship 1965 Obie Award for Distinguished Plays: Promenade and The Successful Life of 3 1972 Guggenheim Fellowship, Drama and Performance Art 1977 Obie Award for Playwrighting: Fefu and Her Friends 1979 Obie Award for Directing: Eyes on the Harem 1982 Obie Award for Sustained Achievement 1984 Obie Awards for Playwrighting: The Danube, Sarita, Mud 1984 Obie Awards for Directing: The Danube, Sarita, Mud 1985 Obie Award for Best New American Play: The Conduct of Life 1985 American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters award in literature 1986 Playwrights U.S.A. Award for translation of Virgilio Piñera's Cold Air 1988 Obie Award for Best New American Play: Abingdon Square 1990 New York State Governor's Arts Award 1992 Honorary doctorate, Bates College 2000 Obie Award Special Citation for Letters From Cuba 2001 Robert Chesley Award, for lifetime achievement 2002 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for a Master American Dramatist See also Cuban American literature List of Cuban-American writers List of Cuban Americans Notes References Further reading statement by María Irene Fornés External links María Irene Fornés official website; archived March 20, 2007. Fornés Institite María Irene Fornés at Broadway Play Publishing Inc. 1930 births 2018 deaths Cuban emigrants to the United States Hispanic and Latino American dramatists and playwrights American women dramatists and playwrights American LGBT dramatists and playwrights Cuban LGBT dramatists and playwrights Cuban lesbian writers LGBT Hispanic and Latino American people American lesbian writers Lesbian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Cuban women