Personal Info
Eugen Ionescu
Eugene Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco
Writing
Biography
Eugène Ionesco (born Eugen Ionescu, 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) 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, which includes a number of plays that, following the ideas of the philosopher Albert Camus, explore concepts of absurdism. He was made a member of the Académie française in 1970, a…
Filmography
Movies
When Night Meets Dawn
Lucifer et moi
as (archive footage 1982)
The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'
as Self (archive footage)
Tales for children under three
as Self
Eugène Ionesco, voix and silences
as Self
Le Roi des cons
as Le pharmacien
Ariane
as Minos
Schlamm
Françoise et Udo...
as Self
Monsieur Tête
as Narrator
