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
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
In scenes where an unctuous pair of bank managers interrogate an employee, and then, later, a loan applicant, it’s as if Eugène Ionesco were doing an adaptation of “Office Space” for an Amicus horror anthology.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2019
Madame Ionesco was still aglow with pride about her ability to summon Edward Ashton back from the dead.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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