Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett

(1906–1989) linguist Ireland

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[Wikidata] Irish writer (1906–1989)... | [Wikipedia] Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish novelist, playwright, poet, and literary critic. Written in both English and French, his literary and theatrical works feature bleak, impersonal, and tragicomic episodes of life, coupled with black comedy and literary nonsense. Beckett is widely regarded as one of

About Samuel Beckett

Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish novelist, playwright, poet, and literary critic. Written in both English and French, his literary and theatrical works feature bleak, impersonal, and tragicomic episodes of life, coupled with black comedy and literary nonsense. Beckett is widely regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century, credited with transforming modern theatre. As a major figure of Irish literature, he is best known for his tragicomedy play Waiting for Godot (1953). For his foundational contribution to both literature and theatre, Beckett received the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his writing, which—in new forms for the novel and drama—in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation."

Known for:

Watt|Molloy|Waiting for Godot|The Unnamable|How It Is|Malone Dies|Krapp's Last Tape|Endgame|Murphy

Notable works:

En attendant Godot

Awards:

star on Playwrights' Sidewalk|Nobel Prize in Literature|Obie Award|Prix Formentor|Saoi|Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences|honorary doctorate of Trinity College, Dublin|Scholar of Trinity College, Dublin

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