Samuel Beckett
Samuel Barclay Beckett (/ˈbɛkɪt/; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) 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's work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human existence, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour, and became increasingly minimalist in his later career. He is considered one of the last modernist writers, and one of the key figures in what Martin Esslin called the "Theatre of the Absurd."
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." He was elected Saoi of Aosdána in 1984.
Biography
Early life and education
The Becketts were members of the Anglican Church of Ireland. The family home, Cooldrinagh in the Dublin suburb of Foxrock, was a large house and garden complete with tennis court built in 1903 by Samuel's father, William. The house and garden, together with the surrounding countryside where he often went walking with his father, the nearby Leopardstown Racecourse, the Foxrock railway station and Harcourt Street station at the city terminus of the line, all feature in his prose and plays.
Latest News for: Samuel beckett
Hamilton audience flees mid-performance after emergency causes 'fear of active shooter'
The Independent 16 Feb 2019Stile Antico, Wigmore Hall, London, review: An hour in choral heaven
The Independent 15 Feb 201940 of the greatest plays ever written
The Independent 15 Feb 2019[BC-MCT-OP-ED-BJT]
Dothan Eagle
15 Feb 2019
EFF dramatics are Theatre of the Absurd
Mail Guardian South Africa 14 Feb 2019Walter Shapiro: Sam Ervin took down Nixon. We’re still waiting for his heir | The ...
Sacramento Bee 14 Feb 2019'Sunless Skies' is a majestically cruel game
Messenger-Inquirer
12 Feb 2019
Dublin gets Liffey ferry service for first time since 1984
The Irish Times 11 Feb 2019John Oliver: ‘Maybe Brexit is a great idea. There’s absolutely nothing to suggest that’
The Observer 10 Feb 2019This Farming Sim Is Like Stardew Valley Except Really Sad
Kotaku 09 Feb 2019Another Planet review: a pop star’s memoir of suburbia
The Irish Times 09 Feb 201950 books to keep you reading all year long
The Irish Times 09 Feb 2019- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- Next page »
