Samuel Beckett
FactsBorn: April 13, 1906, in Dublin, Ireland
Occupation: Playwrite, theatre Director Died: December 22, 1989 in Paris, France Style of theatre: Absurdist theatre |
BiographyDuring the 1930s and 1940s Beckett wrote his first novels and short stories. He wrote a trilogy of novels in the 1950s and famous plays like "Waiting for Godot". In 1969 he was got a Nobel Prize for Literature. Later he wrote such things like poetry and short story collections and novels.
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This Video shows a few exerts from some of Beckett's works and gives you an view of the insanity and absurdity of his plays.