Eugene Ionesco

EUGENE IONESCO d1994. 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. He 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. He was made a member of the Académie française in 1970 and was awarded the 1970 Austrian State Prize for European Literature and the 1973 Jerusalem Prize. He died in Paris aged 84 on March 28th 1994