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Eugène Ionesco (French: [øʒɛn jɔnɛsko]; born Eugen Ionescu, Romanian: [e.uˈdʒen joˈnesku] ⓘ; 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre in the 20th century.
Eugène Ionesco was a Romanian-born French dramatist whose one-act “antiplay” La Cantatrice chauve (1949; The Bald Soprano) inspired a revolution in dramatic techniques and helped inaugurate the Theatre of the Absurd. Elected to the Académie Française in 1970, Ionesco remains among the most.
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Eugène Ionesco, né Eugen Dimitri Ionescu ( Écouter) le 26 novembre 1909 à Slatina ( Roumanie) et mort le 28 mars 1994 à Paris ( France ), est un dramaturge et écrivain de langue française roumano - français 3 .
- 28 mars 1994 (à 84 ans)Paris ( France)
- RoumaineFrançaise
- 26 novembre 1909[1],[2]Slatina ( Roumanie)
- Eugen Ionescu
May 5, 2019 · Learn about the influences, styles, and themes of the Romanian-French playwright Eugene Ionesco, who created a unique brand of absurd theater. Explore his nightmarish visions, puppet imagery, and deformed language in plays such as The Bald Soprano, The Lesson, and Exit the King.
May 29, 2018 · A biography of the Franco-Romanian playwright Eugène Ionesco (1912-1994), who is considered the founder of the Theater of the Absurd. Learn about his life, works, themes, and legacy in this comprehensive article.
The Romanian-born Eugène Ionesco {ee-oh-nes'-koh, u-zhen'}, b. Nov. 26, 1912, d. Mar. 28, 1994, was one of the foremost playwrights of the theater of the absurd.
The Chairs (French: Les Chaises) is a one-act play by Eugène Ionesco, described as an absurdist "tragic farce". It was first performed in Paris in 1952. For Ionesco's Sandaliha (The Chairs), Bahman Mohasses created a number of decorative and expressive chairs that when put together suggested an abstract forest.