Nicolas Ionesco

GPTKB entity

Properties (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf playwright
gptkbp:associatedAct gptkb:Eugène_Ionesco
gptkb:Jean-Paul_Sartre
Tadeusz Kantor
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Molière_Award
gptkbp:birthDate November 26, 1909
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:Slatina,_Romania
gptkbp:children gptkb:Marie_Ionesco
gptkb:Nicolas_Ionesco_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate March 28, 1994
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:famousQuote "The play is a reflection of the absurdity of life."
"The theatre is a place where we can confront our fears."
"I am not a playwright, I am a playwright's assistant."
"The absence of barriers is the absence of freedom."
"A work of art is a work of art only if it is a work of art."
gptkbp:genre Theatre of the Absurd
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nicolas Ionesco
gptkbp:influenced Theatre of the Absurd
Modern drama
Contemporary theatre
Postmodern theatre
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Franz_Kafka
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkbp:language French
gptkbp:nationality French
gptkbp:notableFeature Surrealism
Theatre of the Absurd
Existentialism
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Bald_Soprano
Rhinocéros
The Chairs
gptkbp:occupation essayist
dramatist
theatre director
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ruth_Ionesco