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Samuel Barclay Beckett (/ ˈ b ɛ k ɪ t / ⓘ; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. His literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal, and tragicomic experiences of life, often coupled with black comedy and nonsense .
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.
Sep 13, 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).
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.
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.
Worstward Ho. "Worstward Ho" is a work of prose by Samuel Beckett. Its title is a parody of Charles Kingsley 's Westward Ho!. Written in English in 1983, it is the penultimate novella by Beckett. In 2001 a water artwork has been installed by Job Koelewijn in the Westersingel, Rotterdam titled Formule B.
Samuel Beckett, né le 13 avril 1906 à Cooldrinagh et mort le 22 décembre 1989 dans le 14 e arrondissement de Paris, est un écrivain, poète et dramaturge irlandais d'expression principalement française et anglaise, lauréat du prix Nobel de littérature en 1969.
