Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society えるされむしょう
Edition 6 (1973)
Literature prizeInternational literature prizeLiterature prize on human rightsLifetime achievement award
Winners
1 peopleThrough the absurd sight of an ordinary town turning into rhinoceroses, the plays expose conformity and the pressure of authoritarian thinking. It is among Eugène Ionesco's signature works.
A book where laughter and nightmare coexist, defining the theatre of the absurd.
160 pages
absurdist dramaconformityauthoritarianism