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Eugène Ionesco 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, f…
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entertainment · Romanian-French playwright (1909–1994) · playwright · poet · literary critic · diarist · illustrator · graphic artist · film actor · television actor · film director · translator · also Eugène Ionesco, Eugene Ionesco, Eugen Ionesco, Ionesco
Born 26 November 1909 · Died 28 March 1994 · Q46706
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“Breton taught us to destroy the walls of the real that separate us from reality, to participate in being so as to live as if it were the first day of creation, a day that would every day be the first day of new creations.”
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The New York Times: Eugène Ionesco
Yahoo: Eugène Ionesco’s masterful farce ‘Rhinoceros’ is ready to run rampant at Yale Repertory Theatre
Ouest-France: Eugène Ionesco a vécu en Mayenne, sa fille en visite à La Chapelle-Anthenaise
Radio France Internationale: S01 – Épisode 2 – Eugène Ionesco : le théâtre, un art à défendre
Le Figaro: Eugène Ionesco: «Critiques, vous vivez de moi!»
The Hindu: Eugene Ionesco’s ‘The Lesson’: A classic comes to town
BroadwayWorld: Eugène Ionesco's classic plays: The Bald Soprano and The Lesson at Santa Monica Playhouse
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Le Figaro: Actualité d'Eugène Ionesco
The Romanian Academy granted posthumous membership to Ionesco
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Fabula: Marguerite Jean-Blain, Eugène Ionesco. Mystique ou mal-croyant ?
L'Orient-Le Jour: THÉATRE - « Le Tableau » d’Eugène Ionesco mis en scène par Marcel Ghosn - Un huis clos à trois personnages caricaturaux
Died 1994-03-28.
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“God is dead. Marx is dead. And I don't feel so well myself.”
“Dieu est mort, Marx est mort et moi-même je ne me sens pas très bien”
“It isn't what people think that's important, but the reason they think what they think.”
“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.”
“Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.”
“It's not a certain society that seems ridiculous to me, it's mankind.”
“Variant translation: Pray to the I don't-know-who: Jesus Christ, I hope.”
“Everything that has been will be, everything that will be is, everything that will be has been.”
Awarded Jerusalem Prize (1973).
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Awarded Austrian State Prize for European Literature (1971).
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Career landmark: seat 6 of the Académie française (1970–1994).
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And was awarded the 1970 Austrian State Prize for European Literature, and the 1973 Jerusalem Prize
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With the English title The Bald Soprano)
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Returned to Romania, but soon changed his mind and, with the help of friends, obtained travel documents which allowed him to return to France in 1942, where he remained during the rest of the war, living in Marseille
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Ionesco married Rodica Burileanu
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Born 1909-11-26.
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