Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett | |
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.jpg) Beckett in 1977 | |
| Born | Samuel Barclay Beckett 13 April 1906 Foxrock, Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 22 December 1989 (aged 83) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Novelist, playwright, poet, theatre director, essayist, literary translator |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
| Genre | Drama, fiction, poetry, screenplays, personal correspondence[1] |
| Notable works | Murphy (1938) Molloy (1951) Malone Dies (1951) The Unnamable (1953) Waiting for Godot (1953) Watt (1953) Endgame (1957) Krapp's Last Tape (1958) How It Is (1960) Happy Days (play) (1960) |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 1969 Croix de Guerre 1945 |
| Years active | 1929–1989 |
| Spouse | Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnil (1961–1989; her death) |
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Samuel Barclay Beckett (/ˈbɛkɪt/; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was a writer of novels, plays, and poetry. He also translated other famous works of literature. He was given the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969.[2]
His best-known play is Waiting For Godot. It has often been acted on stage and on TV.
Beckett was stabbed in Paris in 1938.[3]
He died of breathing problems in Paris in 1989.[4]
Many writers of plays (playwrights) and others think he is one of the most important writers of the 20th century.[5] There have been many books written about him.
His books are often about people going through hard times and seeing life as both sad and funny.
Works[change | change source]
Theatre
- Human Wishes (c. 1936; published 1984)
- Eleutheria (written 1947 in French; published in French 1995, and English 1996)
- En attendant Godot (published 1952, performed 1953) (Waiting for Godot, pub. 1954, perf. 1955)[6]
- Acte sans Paroles I (1956); Act Without Words I (1957)
- Acte sans Paroles II (1956); Act Without Words II (1957)
- Fin de partie (published 1957); Endgame (published 1957)
- Krapp's Last Tape (first performed 1958)
- Fragment de théâtre I (late 1950s); Rough for Theatre I
- Fragment de théâtre II (late 1950s); Rough for Theatre II
- Happy Days (first performed 1961); Oh les beaux jours (published 1963)
- Play (performed in German, as Spiel, 1963; English version 1964)
- Come and Go (first performed in German, then English, 1966)
- Breath (first performed 1969)
- Not I (first performed 1972)
- That Time (first performed 1976)
- Footfalls (first performed 1976)
- Neither (1977) (An "opera", music by Morton Feldman)
- A Piece of Monologue (first performed 1979)
- Rockaby (first performed 1981)
- Ohio Impromptu (first performed 1981)
- Catastrophe (Catastrophe et autres dramatiques, first performed 1982)
- What Where (first performed 1983)
Radio
- All That Fall (broadcast 1957)
- From an Abandoned Work (broadcast 1957)
- Embers (broadcast 1959)
- Rough for Radio I (published 1976) (written in French in 1961 as Esquisse radiophonique)
- Rough for Radio II (published 1976) (written in French in 1961 as Pochade radiophonique)
- Words and Music (broadcast 1962)
- Cascando (broadcast:1963 French version; 1964 English translation)
Television
- Eh Joe with Jack MacGowran (broadcast 1966)[7]
- Beginning To End with Jack MacGowran (1965)
- Ghost Trio (broadcast 1977)
- ... but the clouds ... (broadcast 1977)
- Quad I + II (broadcast 1981)
- Nacht und Träume (broadcast 1983); Night and Dreams, published 1984
- Beckett Directs Beckett (1988–92)
Cinema
- Film (1965)
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Muldoon, Paul (12 December 2014). "The Letters and Poems of Samuel Beckett". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ↑ "Beckett, Samuel". Oxford Reference - The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2009. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "When Samuel Beckett was stabbed by a pimp". Time News. 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ↑ Gussow, Mel (1989-12-27). "Samuel Beckett Is Dead at 83; His 'Godot' Changed Theater". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ↑ "Samuel Beckett". Poetry Foundation. 2023-01-30. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ↑ "Playwrights and their stage works". 4-wall.com. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ↑ A German version He Joe was broadcast first in 1966. Knowlson, J., Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett (London: Bloomsbury, 1996), p 535