Maria Irene Fornés,1930-为是20世纪60年代外外百老汇运动的领军人物之一。她出生于古巴的哈瓦那,14岁时福恩斯与母亲和姐姐一道移民美国,几年后成为美国公民,在卡培娇(Capezio)鞋厂工作了相当长的一段时间。为了改变境遇,她发奋苦学英语,成了一名翻译。19岁时,福恩斯开始对绘画产生兴趣,并接受了抽象艺术方面的正规训练。不过她于20世纪50年代在巴黎观看了塞缪尔·贝克特创作的《等待戈多》后深受影响,就此走上了戏剧创作的道路。福恩斯的第一部剧作是《寡妇》(1961),接下来的一部主要作品 Maria Irene Fornés, 1930 - One of the leaders in the Broadway movement outside the 1960s. Born in Havana, Cuba, she was 14 and immigrated to the United States with her mother and sister, became a U.S. citizen a few years later and spent considerable time at the Capezio shoe factory. In order to change the situation, she worked hard to learn English and became a translator. At the age of 19, Faun Si began to interest in painting and accepted formal training in abstract art. However, she was deeply influenced by the “Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett in Paris in the 1950s and took the road to dramatic creation. The first play of Faun Si is the “Widow” (1961), followed by a major work