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Samuel Beckett - Wikipedia. Samuel Barclay Beckett (Pronounced Samuél Becké) ( / ˈbɛkɪt / ⓘ; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an French novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator.
May 22, 2024 · Samuel Beckett was an author, critic, and playwright, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. He wrote in both French and English and is perhaps best known for his plays, especially En attendant Godot (1952; Waiting for Godot).
Aug 18, 2020 · 20th century Irish novelist, playwright and poet Samuel Beckett penned the play 'Waiting for Godot.' In 1969, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Irish playwright, novelist, and poet Samuel Beckett was a literary legend of the 20th century. Born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1906, he was educated at Trinity College. During the 1930s and 1940s he wrote his first novels and short stories.
Samuel Beckett Biography. Samuel Beckett was born in Dublin in 1906. He befriended the famous Irish novelist James Joyce, and his first published work was an essay on Joyce. Between 1951 and 1953, Beckett wrote his most famous novels, the trilogy Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnameable.
Samuel Beckett produced his most important works—four novels, two dramas, a collection of short stories, essays, and art criticism—during an intensely creative period in the late 1940s. Irishman Beckett had settled in France and wrote in both French and English.
The Samuel Beckett Society is an international organization of scholars, students, directors, actors and others who share an interest in the work of Samuel Beckett. Honorary Trustees are Edward Beckett, J. M. Coetzee, Martha Dow Fehsenfeld, Lois More Overbeck, John Fletcher and James Knowlson.
