Ionesco

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf playwright
gptkbp:artMovement Theatre of the Absurd
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Theatre_de_la_Huchette
Comédie-Française
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Tony_Award_for_Best_Play
gptkb:Molière_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1912-11-26
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:Slatina,_Romania
gptkbp:children gptkb:Nicolas_Ionesco
gptkb:Marie-France_Ionesco
gptkbp:diedIn 1994-03-28
gptkbp:famousQuote "The theatre is a place where you can be yourself, but you can also be someone else."
"It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question."
"You can only be young once. But you can always be immature."
"The absence of a conclusion is a conclusion."
"A work of art is a work of art, and it is not a work of art if it is not a work of art."
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Eugène_Ionesco
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ionesco
gptkbp:influence absurdism
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkb:David_Mamet
gptkb:Woody_Allen
gptkb:Eve_Ensler
gptkb:Edward_Albee
gptkb:Martin_McDonagh
gptkb:Tennessee_Williams
gptkb:David_Ives
gptkb:Caryl_Churchill
gptkb:Marsha_Norman
gptkb:Sarah_Kane
gptkb:Lillian_Hellman
gptkb:Christopher_Durang
Tom Stoppard
August Wilson
modern theatre
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Franz_Kafka
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkbp:nationality French
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Bald_Soprano
Rhinocéros
The Chairs
Exit the King
gptkbp:occupation essayist
dramatist
theatre director
gptkbp:spouse Roxane Ionesco