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| Born | Samuel Barclay Beckett 13 April 1906 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 22 December 1989 (aged 83) Paris, France |
| Resting place | Cimetière du Montparnasse |
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| Nationality | Irish |
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| Period | Modern era |
| Literary movement | Tragicomedy, Black comedy |
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Samuel Barclay Beckett (/ˈbɛkɪt/ ⓘ; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish writer of novels, plays, short stories, and poems. Writing in both English and French, his literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal, and tragicomic episodes of life, often coupled with black comedy and literary nonsense. A major figure of Irish literature and one of the most influential writers of the 20th century,[1] he is best remembered for his play, Waiting for Godot (1953). As one of the last modernist writers, he was a key figure in what Martin Esslin called, the "Theatre of the Absurd".[2] For his lasting contributions, 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."[3]
A resident of Paris for most of his adult life, Beckett wrote in both French and English. His later works became increasingly minimalistic as his career progressed, involving more aesthetic and linguistic experimentation, with techniques of stream of consciousness repetition and self-reference. During the Second World War, Beckett was a member of the French Resistance group Gloria SMH (Réseau Gloria) and was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1949.[4]
Beckett's works are known for their existential themes, and these made them an important part of 20th-century plays and dramas.[5] In 1961, he shared the inaugural Prix International with Jorge Luis Borges. He was the first person to be elected Saoi of Aosdána in 1984.
- ^ Calder, John (2002). "The Philosophy of Samuel Beckett". Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review. Ireland: Messenger Publications. p. 83-85. ISSN 0039-3495.
- ^ Cakirtas, O. Developmental Psychology Rediscovered: Negative Identity and Ego Integrity vs. Despair in Samuel Beckett's Endgame. International Journal of Language Academy.Volume 2/2 Summer 2014 p. 194/203. http://www.ijla.net/Makaleler/1990731560_13.%20.pdf Archived 25 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1969". Nobel Foundation. 7 October 2010. Archived from the original on 30 May 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ Davies, William (2020). Samuel Beckett and the Second World War. Bloomsbury. pp. 31–50.
- ^ "Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) life history and famous works". London: Wit Critic. 2023.