Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Writing

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1906-04-13

  • Day of Death

    1989-12-22 (83 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Foxrock, Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet, who lived in Paris for most of his adult life and wrote in both English and French. He is widely regarded as among the most influential writers of the 20th century. Beckett was awarded 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

Acting

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