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| 3 | Eugène Ionesco (November 26, 1909 - March 28, 1994) was a French-Romanian playwright. |
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| 5 | His writing was mostly {{Absurdism}}, as well as strong social and political commentary. |
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| 7 | !!Works by Ionesco with their own pages on this wiki: |
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| 9 | [[index]] |
| 10 | * ''Theatre/TheBaldSoprano'' |
| 11 | * ''Theatre/{{Rhinoceros}}'' |
| 12 | [[/index]] |
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| 14 | !!Other works by Ionesco contain examples of: |
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| 16 | * BeyondTheImpossible: In ''The Lesson'', The Student nonchalantly mentions having memorized the answers to an infinite amount of multiplication questions, to explain how she can multiply ten-digit numbers when she doesn't know how to count past 17. |
| 17 | * {{Bookends}}: ''The Lesson'' begins and ends with The Maid inviting in a new student. |
| 18 | * EitherOrTitle: ''Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It'' |
| 19 | * InstantIllness: ''The Killing Game'' takes this [[ExaggeratedTrope to the extreme]], centering around a town hit with a sudden epidemic of an unknown disease that causes previously-healthy people to drop dead in a matter of minutes. |
| 20 | * VoodooShark: PlayedForLaughs in ''The Lesson''. The Professor asks how The Student can multiply ten-digit numbers if she doesn't know how to count. The Student replies that she's [[BeyondTheImpossible memorized the answer to every possible multiplication question]]. |
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