Samuel Beckett was born in Foxrock near Dublin in 1906 and died in Paris in 1989. The Irish author wrote novels, poems, radio plays and theatre texts in English and French, working with radical linguistic concentration on forms of waiting, remembering and falling silent. The drama “Waiting for Godot”, first performed in Paris in 1953, brought him international fame; further central stage works are “Endgame”, “Krapp’s Last Tape” and “Happy Days”. In 1969 Beckett received the Nobel Prize in Literature; his work continues to shape modern theatre, literature and sound art.
Samuel Beckett
Author / Playwright / Poet
