Eugène Ionesco(1909-1994)

Writer
Actor
Director

In 1909, Eugen Ionescu was born in Slatina, Romania to a lawyer, Eugen Ionescu Sr. and a French lady by the name of Therese Zicard. In 1913 they moved to France, but in 1924 when his parents divorced, he returned with his father to Romania. He studied in Craiova and in 1929 he attended the University of Bucharest to study Literature and Philosophy. In 1938 he moved back to Paris so that he could finish his doctorate thesis. Only in the 1950s did he find his new literary identity, when Eugene Ionesco (as the French spell it) became founder of the avant-garde 'theatre of the absurd'. His most popular plays are "the Bald Soprano", "the Lesson", "the Chairs", "The Killer", and "Rhinoceros". Eugene Ionesco later died in 1994 and was buried in the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris.

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Known for

Ariane

5.2

Minos

1974

Rhinoceros

5.7

Writer(as Eugene Ionesco)

1974

Delirium

7.4

Writer

2003

Les sept péchés capitaux

6.3

Writer(segment "Colère, La")

1962

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Writer

Teatr Polskiego Radia
7.8
Podcast Series
- author
- 2023
As Cadeiras
- play
- 2021
Rhinoceros
Short
- Writer
- 2019
Rhinoceros
Short
- play
- 2018
Iakovos i ypotagi
TV Movie
- play
- 2018
Pupulus
Short
- Writer
- 2015
A Victim of Duty
Short
- playwright
- 2014
Plesatá zpevacka
TV Movie
- idea
- 2009
La cantatrice chauve
TV Movie
- play
- 2007
The Hard-Boiled Egg
Short
- Writer
- 2006
Le roi se meurt
7.8
TV Movie
- play
- 2006
Delirium
7.4
- play
- 2003
El plomero
Short
- prologue: excerpts from 'Contes N° 1 et 2 pour enfants de moins de trois ans'
- 2002
Je rentre à la maison
6.8
- play "Le roi se meurt"
- 2001
Un siècle d'écrivains
7.5
TV Series
- writer
- 2000

Actor

Director

Personal details

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Official sites
- Encyclopedia
- Encyclopedia
Alternative name
- Eugene Ionesco
Born
- November 26, 1909
- Slatina, Romania
Died
- March 29, 1994
- Paris, France(undisclosed)
Spouse
- Rodica BurileanuJuly 8, 1936 - March 28, 1994 (his death, 1 child)
Other works
Biography: "Hugoliad, or The Grotesque and Tragic Life of Victor Hugo", 1987
Publicity listings
- 3 Print Biographies
- 2 Interviews

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Trivia
In 2015, his play "Jack or Submission" (Jacques ou la Soumission) was staged by THEAMA, the first and internationally acclaimed Greek inclusive theatre company composed by both disabled and non-disabled actors, directed by its founder, the renowned actor and director Vassilis Oikonomou, which was presented in Athens and on tour in other cities of Greece. The fine cast of this acclaimed production included Aimiliani Avraam as Jack, Panos Zournatzidis as Roberta, Efi Toumba as Mother Jack, Michalis Grammatas as Jacqueline, Manos Triantafillakis as Father Jack, Michalis Tamboukas as Father Robert, Giorgos Iliakis as Grandfather Jack, Mary Stamatoula as Grandmother Jack and Maria Mourelatou together with Katerina Kontomarkou as Mother Robert. Panos Zournatzidis was also the assistant director of the production and Marina Besiri participated in alternate cast for the role of Grandmother Jack. The screening of the production on the Hellenic Parliament TV constituted the first Greek TV broadcast of work by disabled artists on prime-time zone at 21.00 also with SDH on July 17, 2018.