Samuel Beckett - Wikipedia
WEBSamuel 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 .
Samuel Beckett | Irish Playwright & Nobel Laureate | Britannica
WEBSep 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).
Samuel Beckett: Biography, Novelist, Playwright, Poet
WEBAug 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.
Biography - The Samuel Beckett Society
WEBSamuel Beckett: A Short Biography. Astride of a grave and a difficult birth. Down in the hole, lingeringly, the grave digger puts on the forceps. We have time to grow old.
Samuel Beckett Biography - life, childhood, children, parents, …
WEBSamuel Beckett, the Irish novelist, playwright, and poet was one of the most original and important writers of the twentieth century, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969.
Biography of Samuel Beckett, Irish Novelist - ThoughtCo
WEBMar 29, 2020 · Samuel Beckett (April 13, 1906 – December 22, 1989) was an Irish writer, director, translator, and dramatist. An absurdist and revolutionary figure in 20th-century drama, he wrote in both English and French and was responsible for his own translations between languages.
Samuel Beckett – Facts - NobelPrize.org
WEBBorn: 13 April 1906, Dublin, Ireland. Died: 22 December 1989, Paris, France. Residence at the time of the award: Ireland. Prize motivation: “for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation”. Language: English; French.
Samuel Beckett - Encyclopedia.com
WEBMay 18, 2018 · Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), the Irish novelist, playwright, and poet who became French by adoption, was one of the most original and important writers of the century. He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1969.
Samuel Beckett summary | Britannica
WEBSamuel Beckett, (born April 13?, 1906, Foxrock, Co. Dublin, Ire.—died Dec. 22, 1989, Paris, France), Irish playwright. After studying in Ireland and traveling, he settled in Paris in 1937. During World War II he supported himself as a farmworker and joined the underground resistance.
Samuel Beckett - Existentialism, Absurdism, Theatre | Britannica
WEBSep 13, 2024 · Emeritus Professor of Drama, Stanford University, California. Head of Radio Drama, British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1963–77. Author of Brecht: The Man and His Work; The Theatre of the Absurd. Martin J. Esslin. Fact-checked by. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.