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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: 3.88 · 57,642 ratings · 2,631 reviews · 438 distinct works • Similar authors

	Rhinocéros 3.84 avg rating — 15,105 ratings — published 1959 — 128 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 3.88 avg rating — 8,451 ratings — published 1961 — 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
	The Bald Soprano and Other Plays by Eugène Ionesco, Donald M. Allen (Translator) 4.03 avg rating — 6,142 ratings — published 1958 — 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
	Rhinoceros / The Chairs / The Lesson by Eugène Ionesco, Derek Prouse (Translator), Donald Watson (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 5,781 ratings — published 1962 — 16 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 3.78 avg rating — 5,419 ratings — published 1950 — 73 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 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,699 ratings — published 1959 — 19 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) 3.86 avg rating — 2,764 ratings — published 1951 — 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 3.77 avg rating — 2,573 ratings — published 1962 — 71 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
	Lecon (Folio Theatre) 3.62 avg rating — 1,812 ratings — published 1951 — 20 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 — 812 ratings — published 1973 — 48 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

3.91 avg rating — 47 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

256 likes

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

237 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

227 likes

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Polls

March 2022 Short Story/Novella Poll

Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville, 64 pages, 1853

69 votes, 27.9%

The Color Out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft, 25 pages, 1927

69 votes, 27.9%

The Hand by Guy de Maupassant, 32 pages, 1875

52 votes, 21.1%

Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, 58 pages, 1918

22 votes, 8.9%

The Chairs by Eugène Ionesco, 60 pages. 1951

18 votes, 7.3%

Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali by Mamadou Kouyaté, 101 pages, 1255

17 votes, 6.9%

247 total votes

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