Eugene Ionesco, 1909-1994 ; Eugen Ionescu was born in 1909 in Slatina, Romania, son of a lawyer, Eugen Ionescu Sr., licenced in Paris, and a French lady Therese Zicard from Paris. In 1913 they move to France, but in 1924 when his parents divorced, he returns with his father to Romania. He studies in Craiova and Bucharest and in 1929 attend University of Bucharest to study Literature and Philosophy. In 1938 he moves again to Paris, following the receipt of a scholarship for doctorate from French government. Only in 1950s he finds his new literature identity, Eugene Ionesco (as his name should be spelled in French) being considered the founder of the avant-garde and absurd theater. His most popular plays are "the Bald Singer", "the Lesson and the Chairs", "Killer Without Pay", "the Rhinoceros". Died in 1994 and is buried in Paris, in Montparnasse cemetery.