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Eugène Ionesco

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Eugène Ionesco

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Also known as Ionesco, Eugen Ionesco, Eugene Ionesco

Romanian-French playwright (1909–1994)

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Eugène Ionesco was a writer whose work period spanned from 1932 to 1994. He was recognized in the Académie française collection and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. His works have been referenced by 802 other encyclopedia articles.

He was born in 1909 and died on 28 March 1994. He had one child. His quotes include, "Oh words, what crimes are committed in your name!" and "We are all Victims of Duty."

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Eugène IONESCO | Académie française

Né à Slatina (Roumanie), le 13 novembre 1909. Né d'un père roumain et d'une mère française, Eugène Ionesco passa sa petite enfance en France. Il y écrivit à onze ans ses premiers poèmes, un scénario de comédie et un « drame...

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Eugen
Family name
Ionescu
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Slatina
Place of death
14th arrondissement of Paris
Occupation
film director
Educated at
Saint Sava College
Political party
Transnational Radical Party
Languages spoken
Romanian
Native language
Romanian
Award
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Notable work
The Bald Soprano
Field of work
poetry
Movement
Dada
Image
Eugene Ionesco 04.jpg
Number of children
1
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writing language
English language
place of burial
Montparnasse Cemetery
Commons category
Eugen Ionescu
date of birth
1909-11-26
date of death
1994-03-28
member of
Academy of Arts, Berlin
topic's main category
Category:Eugène Ionesco
birth name
Eugen Dimitri Ionescu
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Literature
name in native language
Eugen Ionescu
influenced by
Urmuz
has works in the collection
Museum of Modern Art
described at URL
www.academie-francaise.fr/les-immortels/eugene-ionesco?fauteuil=6&election=22-01-1970
start of work period
1932-01-01
end of work period
1994-01-01
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Richard von Conta
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Works in European collections

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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.

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