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Ionescu was born in Slatina Romania, born with the legal name of Eugen Ionesco (French pronunciation is ionesco) -
moves from Romania to France at the age of 4 -
global war with central powers (germany, ottoman empire) vs the allies (FRANCE, great britain, Italy, Russia, and japan, later the united states)
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after his parents divorced, Eugene returns to romania with his father, Eugene Ionesco Sr. raised in a heavily fascist iron guard, hiding being Jewish, early life was a struggle for eugene -
after attending Saint Sava National College, studies French literature and philosophy at the University of Bucharest in Bucharest, Romania for 6 years -
met a student of law, Rodica Burileano, in 1936; 3 years after graduating, they became married. later having a daughter -
global conflict between Germany caused from the Treaty of versailles, ending with the atomic bomb being dropped on Japan
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Eugene was a Jewish man, and during this time, a couple of years later, he had to flee his home country due to the fascist uprising in Rome, and Romania became part of the Axis powers. Ionesco was studying to become a doctor from 1938-1940 in Romania. In 1942 later fleeing Romania back to France with his wife -
Born in France as the only child of Eugene Ionesco, Marie France Ionesco later grew up to be a professor In literature, and is in her 80s today. -
This marks the first play written by Eugene Ionesco, exploring themes of the absurdist nature, possibly the point being a breakdown of a communic nation, most is left up to interpretation. -
The first absurdist play (reflecting human condition and subjective ideas like irrational or meaningless life, pushing narrative boundaries for structures) was in 1950; written by Eugene Ionseco "The Bald Soprano,"
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Eugene Ionesco was an extremely productive and prolific writer, producing at least 26 plays. Additionally, he wrote many essays and stories.
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The New Tenant is a short play written by ionesco, premiering in 1955 in Helsinki Finland, and directed by Vivica Bandler, the plot is two movers moving in a new tenant with what seems like never-ending / continuous amounts of furniture -
Eugene created the play Rhinoceros, his second play, which was included in Martin Eliss's avant-theater of the Absurd. The play is about a man with drinking habits and hardly notices that everyone in town is abruptly turning into a rhino. With underlying themes like fascism, culture, responsibility, philosophy, etc.) -
It challenges the box and limits that were in theater and play as a whole, especially back in the day. This play, written by Ionesco, is about religion and its role in conformism and others' ideas about the establishment. -
Winning the Austrian State Prize in 1970, Eugene has also been nominated for the Noble Prize in literature 8 times -
started writing in 1980, is an autobiographical about a man who journeys to a realm where the dead and living coexist -
passes away at the age of 84, in his home in Paris France, and was buried in Montparnasse cemetery located in Paris France -
The Ionesco Festival was held in New York City in 2001 to showcase all of Ionesco's works.
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Marie-France Ionesco has disputed the assertion that Eugene's mother was a Jewish woman. She has said that it is more likely the case that a great-grandparent was Jewish. -
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