Quick Facts

• NAME: Eugène Ionesco
• OCCUPATION: Playwright
• BIRTH DATE: November 26, 1909
• DEATH DATE: March 28, 1994
• EDUCATION: University of Bucharest
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Slatina, Romania
• PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France
• Originally: Eugen Ionescu

Best Known For

Playwright Eugène Ionesco's first “antiplay,” The Bald Soprano, inspired a revolution in dramatic techniques and helped inaugurate the Theatre of the Absurd.