Ionesco
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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No one would ever confuse Harold Pinter with Jean Genet, or Beckett with Ionesco for that matter.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
In the 1970s, the Landaus started the American Film Theater, which invited viewers to subscribe to regular screenings of movie versions of works by Eugène Ionesco, Bertolt Brecht, Edward Albee and others.
From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2023
Theatre of the Absurd pioneer Ionesco had called it an anti-Nazi play.
From Reuters • Nov. 24, 2021
Schisgal’s exploration of suicide and despair recalled other absurdist plays by European writers such as Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet and Eugène Ionesco, whom he cited as key influences.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2020
Madame Ionesco touched her fingertips to her temples.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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