Samuel Beckett Biography

Samuel Beckett biography

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NAME: Samuel Barclay Beckett
OCCUPATION: Writer
BIRTH DATE: April 13, 1906
DEATH DATE: December 22, 1989
EDUCATION: Trinity College

PLACE OF BIRTH: Foxrock, Dublin, Ireland
PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France

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Samuel Beckett was an Irish poet and dramatist who contributed greatly to "Theatre of the Absurd." His most famous play is Waiting for Godot.

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Samuel Beckett was an Irish poet and dramatist. He studied at Trinity College in Dublin where he met his lifetime friend James Joyce. After World War II, he produced his most famous works, including the absurdist play Waiting for Godot. He aimed to illuminate the essential aspects of our existence by putting his subjects in absurd situations. He one the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969.