Eugène Ionesco (born Eugen Ionescu, Romanian: [e.uˈd ʒen i.oˈnesku] ( listen); 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian playwright who wrote mostly in French, and one of the foremost figures of the French Avant-garde theatre. Beyond ridiculing the most banal situations, Ionesco's plays depict the solitude and insignificance of human existence in a tangible way.
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Eugène Ionesco (born Eugen Ionescu, Romanian: [e.uˈd ʒen i.oˈnesku] ( listen); 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian playwright who wrote mostly in French, and one of the foremost figures of the French Avant-garde theatre. Beyond ridiculing the most banal situations, Ionesco's plays depict the solitude and insignificance of human existence in a tangible way.