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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
Ionesco is one of the most wonderful, mind bending and thought provoking playwrights of the 20th century and his works are worth a look if you can find them! Dive on in, and if you would like to practice your surrealist theatre chops, why not sign up to the StageMilk Drama Club.
May 5, 2019 · Although Eugène Ionesco’s (26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) dramatic art is often traced to such precursors as the plays of Alfred Jarry and Antonin Artaud, it is essentially sui generis, springing primarily from nightmarish visions deeply rooted in the author’s own mind and experience.
Eugene Ionesco, ca. 1985. Photograph by Eugene Ionesco The last few years have been exceptionally busy for Eugène Ionesco. His seventieth birthday was celebrated in 1982 with a series of events, publications, and productions of his work, not only in France but worldwide. Hugoliades, Ion...
Overview. Eugene Ionesco was one of the founders of a style of drama called the Theater of the Absurd. He revolutionized drama with his radical new perspective on language, demonstrating its subversion, ordinariness, and humorous explosiveness, as well as its domineering power.
