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Article: Obituary: Eugene Ionesco
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 29, 1994
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Eugene Ionescu (Eugene Ionesco), playwright: born Slatina,
Romania 13 November 1912; Officier des Arts et Lettres 1961;
Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur 1970; Membre de l'Academie
francaise 1970-94; married 1936 Rodica Burileano (one daughter);
died Paris 28 March 1994.
EUGENE IONESCO was the central and the youngest figure in what
Martin Esslin has labelled the "Theatre of the Absurd", which in
the very early Fifties challenged the three dominating schools of
French drama: the committed theatre of Sartre and Camus, which
examined political and philosophical problems; the literary theatre
of Paul Claudel, Jean Anouilh and Jean Giraudoux, which combined
the themes of French classical and ...