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Eugène Ionesco


Born
in Slatina, Olt County, Romania
November 26, 1909

Died
March 28, 1994

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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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Average rating: 3.88 · 57,642 ratings · 2,631 reviews · 438 distinct worksSimilar authors
Rhinocéros

3.84 avg rating — 15,105 ratings — published 1959 — 128 editions
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La Cantatrice chauve / La L...

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The Bald Soprano and Other ...

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4.03 avg rating — 6,142 ratings — published 1958 — 25 editions
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La Cantatrice chauve

3.78 avg rating — 5,419 ratings — published 1950 — 73 editions
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Rhinoceros and Other Plays

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The Chairs

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3.86 avg rating — 2,764 ratings — published 1951 — 25 editions
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Le Roi se meurt

3.77 avg rating — 2,573 ratings — published 1962 — 71 editions
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Lecon (Folio Theatre)

3.62 avg rating — 1,812 ratings — published 1951 — 20 editions
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The Hermit

3.78 avg rating — 812 ratings — published 1973 — 48 editions
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“That's how we stay young these days: murder and suicide.”
Eugène Ionesco, Man With Bags

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

“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

Polls

March 2022 Short Story/Novella Poll

 
  69 votes, 27.9%

 
  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%

 
  17 votes, 6.9%

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