Ionesco

American  

[yuh-nes-koh, ee-uh-] / yəˈnɛs koʊ, i ə- /

noun

1. Eugène 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.

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Ionesco British  

/ jɔnɛsko, ˌiːəˈnɛskəʊ /

noun

1. Eugène (øʒɛn). 1912–94, French dramatist, born in Romania; a leading exponent of the theatre of the absurd. His plays include The Bald Prima Donna (1950) and Rhinoceros (1960)

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Example Sentences

In characteristic Ionesco fashion, the work proceeds through intensification, a steady ratcheting up of the situation, rather than through traditional narrative development.

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

He also tried his hand at theater directing, putting on a well-received program of Beckett and Ionesco plays in Los Angeles in 1961.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021

Madame Ionesco squinted at the portrait and mumbled a few words of soothsayerese.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood