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Samuel Barclay Beckett ( / ˈbɛkɪt / ⓘ; 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, né le 13 avril 1906 à Cooldrinagh ( Irlande) et mort le 22 décembre 1989 dans le 14e arrondissement de Paris, est un écrivain, poète et dramaturge irlandais d'expression principalement française et anglaise, lauréat du prix Nobel de littérature en 1969.
- BECKETT BROKE LITERARY RULES BY WRITING BOOKS WITHOUT CHARACTERS AND PLOT. Considered one of the last Modernists, or sometimes the first Postmodernist, Beckett wrote novels and plays with minimal characters, plot, and scenery.
- HE BEFRIENDED JAMES JOYCE, BUT THE TWO WRITERS HAD A FALLING OUT. In the late 1920s in Paris, Beckett worked as writer James Joyce’s assistant, helping him transcribe and do research for Joyce's novel Finnegans Wake.
- HE LOVED PLAYING AND WATCHING SPORTS … As a student at a boarding school in Northern Ireland, Beckett was a talented cricket player. When he was 20 years old, he even played a few games for the Dublin University Cricket Club.
- AND HIS WRITING INSPIRED A TENNIS STAR’S TATTOO. Swiss tennis player Stanislas Wawrinka has beaten favorites Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic to win the 2014 Australian Open and 2015 French Open, respectively.
Samuel Barclay Beckett ( / ˈbɛkɪt /; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish writer. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. Becket wrote novels, plays and poetry. He also translated other famous works of literature.
Samuel Barclay Beckett (/ˈsæmju‿əl ˈbɑːɹkli ˈbɛkɪt/; Foxrock, Dublín, 13 de abril de 1906-París, 22 de diciembre de 1989) fue un dramaturgo, novelista, crítico y poeta irlandés, uno de los más importantes representantes del experimentalismo literario del siglo XX, dentro del modernismo anglosajón.
Samuel Barclay Beckett è stato un drammaturgo, scrittore, poeta, traduttore e sceneggiatore irlandese. Considerato uno degli scrittori più influenti del XX secolo, Beckett, il cui capolavoro è Aspettando Godot, è senza dubbio la più significativa personalità di quel genere teatrale e filosofico che Martin Esslin definì Teatro ...
Samuel Barclay Beckett, född 13 april 1906 i Foxrock, Irland, död 22 december 1989 i Paris, Frankrike, var en irländsk författare och dramatiker. Han är känd som en av företrädarna för absurdismen, och inte minst för pjäsen I väntan på Godot (1952). Beckett belönades 1969 med Nobelpriset i litteratur .
