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Samuel Beckett

Also Known As Samuel Barclay Beckett
British and Irish Literature

An Irish playwright, novelist and poet, born Samuel Barclay Beckett in the Dublin suburb of Foxrock, and one of the last modernist writers, considered a key figure of what critic Martin Esslin called the Theatre of the Absurd. Beckett settled in Paris, and before the Second World War worked as a secretary and research assistant to James Joyce, contributing research toward the book that became Finnegans Wake. His plays and novels, including Waiting for Godot (1952), Endgame (1957), Molloy (1951) and Malone Dies (1951), strip away conventional plot and character to dramatize absurdity, waiting and the limits of language. He was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature and died in Paris on 22 December 1989. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1906 1
Birth Date
1906-04-13 1
Death Year
1989 1
Death Date
1989-12-22 1
Award
Nobel Prize in Literature (1969) 1
Classification
Original Language
English 1
Original Language
French 1
Original Language
Irish 1
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Absurdist Fiction, Genres

Named among the most well-known composers of absurdist fiction.

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Tragicomedy, Genres

Owed gap from board 3251 (w-depth-lit-genres2-0829/w-depth-lit-authors-0829): Waiting for Godot already in-genre Tragicomedy; this anchors the author himself.

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In Movement

Considered by critic Martin Esslin, who coined the term, to be a key figure of the Theatre of the Absurd; Waiting for Godot (1952) is among the movement's most influential plays.

Source Samuel Beckett (Wikipedia)

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1. Samuel Beckett (Wikipedia)
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  • Middle period section, Theatre of the Absurd
    Beckett is considered to be one of the last modernist writers and a key figure in what Martin Esslin called the 'Theatre of the Absurd.'
  • Early life section, birth
    Samuel Barclay Beckett was born in the Dublin suburb of Foxrock on 13 April 1906
  • Later life and death section, death
    Beckett died on 22 December 1989 ... in Paris, France
  • opening paragraph, Nobel Prize
    Beckett received the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature
  • Original language statement
    Samuel Barclay Beckett ( ; 13 April 1906-22 December 1989) was an Irish playwright, novelist, and poet.
  • In Genre: Tragicomedy, Lead section, tragicomedy description
    As a major figure of Irish literature, he is best known for his tragicomedy play Waiting for Godot (1953).
  • In Genre: Tragicomedy, Opening paragraph, tragicomedy play
    he is best known for his tragicomedy play Waiting for Godot (1953)
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Waiting for Godot (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia)Works Attributed: Waiting for Godot, Lead, first sentence
Quote, Works Attributed: Waiting for Godot, Lead, first sentence
Waiting for Godot is a play by Irish playwright and author Samuel Beckett.
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Absurdist Fiction (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Absurdist Fiction
Quote, Associated With: Absurdist Fiction
Franz Kafka, Jean-Paul Sartre, Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco, Albert Camus are considered to be the most well-known composers of absurdist fiction.
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