Ionesco
Noun
Meaning
French dramatist (born in Romania) who was a leading exponent of the theater of the absurd (1912-1994)
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Examples
Eugène Ionesco in particular was fond of Surrealism, claiming at one point that Breton was one of the most important thinkers in history.
Less notorious Romanians include the writer Eugene Ionesco, the gymnast Nadia Comaneci and the composer George Enescu.
Eugene Ionesco The love of theatre, art and music is spreading fast in …
"Ionesco originally put all these idiomatic English clichés into literary French which presented the English in the most absurd aspect possible."
I still have no idea who Ionesco is, but if I’m ever confronted with “Romanian playwright,” I know the intended answer.