Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett
Person

Samuel Beckett

Writer 1906-04-13 Foxrock, Dublin, Ireland

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."

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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If I Had Four Dromedaries

If I Had Four Dromedaries

1966 · Self (photo)

Notfilm

Notfilm

2015 · Self (archive footage)

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

1983 · Self (archive footage)

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

2002 · Self (archive footage)

Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett

Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett

2019 · Self (Archive)

Waiting for Beckett

Waiting for Beckett

1993 · Self

Beckett in Berlin

Beckett in Berlin

1969 · Self

Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence

Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence

1984 · Self - (Archive)

Barney's Wall

Barney's Wall

2019 · Self (archive footage)

Samuel Beckett - Mute Interview

Samuel Beckett - Mute Interview

1969 · Self