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Eugène Ionesco

Born

in Slatina, Olt County, Romania

November 26, 1909

Died

March 28, 1994

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Drama

Influences

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Eugène Ionesco, born Eugen Ionescu, was a Romanian playwright and dramatist; one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the Absurd. Beyond ridiculing the most banal situations, Ionesco's plays depict in a tangible way the solitude and insignificance of human existence.

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Eugène Ionesco’s books

Average rating: 3.86 · 69,911 ratings · 3,811 reviews · 455 distinct works • Similar authors

	Rhinocéros 3.83 avg rating — 19,805 ratings — published 1959 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Cantatrice chauve / La Leçon 3.84 avg rating — 9,883 ratings — published 1961 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Cantatrice chauve 3.76 avg rating — 7,252 ratings — published 1950 — 88 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bald Soprano and Other Plays by Eugène Ionesco, Donald M. Allen (Translator) 4.03 avg rating — 6,464 ratings — published 1958 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rhinoceros / The Chairs / The Lesson by Eugène Ionesco, Derek Prouse (Translator), Donald Watson (Translator) 4.01 avg rating — 6,110 ratings — published 1962 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chairs by Eugène Ionesco, Martin Crimp (Translator) 3.87 avg rating — 3,535 ratings — published 1951 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rhinoceros and Other Plays 3.97 avg rating — 3,231 ratings — published 1959 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Roi se meurt 3.76 avg rating — 3,311 ratings — published 1962 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La leçon 3.61 avg rating — 2,110 ratings — published 1951 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hermit 3.78 avg rating — 1,327 ratings — published 1973 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Eugène Ionesco

يوجين يونسكو: الأعمال الكاملة (2 books)
by

Eugène Ionesco,

حمادة إبراهيم (ترجمة),

يوجين يونسكو

3.94 avg rating — 48 ratings

Quotes by Eugène Ionesco (?)

“That's how we stay young these days: murder and suicide.”
― Eugène Ionesco, Man With Bags

tags: dystopia, nihilism, theater

262 likes

“Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.”
― Eugene Ionesco

255 likes

“Why do people always expect authors to answer questions? I am an author because I want to ask questions. If I had answers, I'd be a politician.”
― Eugene Ionesco

tags: humor, writer

229 likes

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Polls

December 2022 New School Classic Poll

Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco, 1988, 623 pages

53 votes, 28.8%

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, 1996, 208 pages

50 votes, 27.2%

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, 1992, 438 pages

27 votes, 14.7%

Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry, 1961, 192 pages

18 votes, 9.8%

Murphy by Samuel Beckett, 1938, 192 pages

16 votes, 8.7%

Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, 1932, 272 pages

12 votes, 6.5%

Rhinoceros in Rhinoceros / The Chairs / The Lesson by Eugène Ionesco, 1962, 224 pages

8 votes, 4.3%

184 total votes

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