Eugène Ionesco

Eugène Ionesco, born Eugen Ionescu on November 26, 1909, was one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the absurd. Beyond ridiculing the most banal situations, Ionesco's plays depict in a tangible way the solitude of humans and the insignificance of one's existence.

Ionesco's works

Selected works

• La Cantatrice chauve (1950, The Bald Soprano)
• La Leçon (1951, The Lesson)
• Les Chaises (1952, The Chairs)
• Rhinocéros (1959, Rhinoceros)
• Tueur sans gages (1958, The Killer)
• Le Roi se meurt (1962, Exit the King)
• Le Piéton de l'air (1963, A Stroll in the Air)
• La Soif et la faim (1964, Hunger and Thirst)
• Macbett (1972)
• Productions, 1972 to present (in French)

Theoretical writings

• Notes and Counternotes (1962)
• Fragments of a Journal (1966)
• Le Solitaire (1973)
• Journeys among the Dead (1980)