Samuel Beckett

Biography

Samuel Barclay Beckett 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 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."

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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

2001Nominee

Best Writing

Breath

2001Nominee

Best Writing

Catastrophe

2011Nominee

Best Writing

Wydalony

Career Highlights

1964Highlight

Best Writing

Glade Dage

2003Highlight

Best Writing

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

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FeaturetteCheck the Gate - Putting Beckett on Film

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film