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Eugène Ionesco

Romanian-French playwright (1909–1994)

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Eugène Ionesco was a Romanian-French playwright who lived from 1909 to 1994 and became a major figure in modern theater by writing absurdist plays that rejected traditional storytelling and logic. His unconventional works, featuring bizarre situations and meaningless dialogue, challenged audiences and influenced how playwrights think about drama, making him one of the most important theatrical innovators of the twentieth century.

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Eugène Ionesco (/jəˈnɛskoʊ/; 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. Ionesco instigated a revolution in ideas and techniques of drama, beginning with his "anti play", The Bald Soprano, which contributed to the beginnings of what is known as the Theatre of the Absurd. He wrote a number of plays that, following the ideas of the philosopher Albert Camus, explore concepts of absurdism and surrealism. He was made a member of the Académie française in 1970, and was awarded the 1970 Austrian State Prize for European Literature, and the 1973 Jerusalem Prize.