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Samuel Beckett

Born

in Foxrock (Dublin), Ireland

April 13, 1906

Died

December 22, 1989

Website

http://samuel-beckett.net

Genre

Literature & Fiction,Theatre,Poetry

Influences

James Joyce,Dante Alighieri,Schopenhauer,Marcel Proust,Yeats,Sad ...more

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Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet, who lived in France for most of his adult life. He wrote in both English and French. His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour.

Beckett is widely regarded as among the most influential writers of the 20th century. Strongly influenced by James Joyce, he is considered one of the last modernists. As an inspiration to many later writers, he is also sometimes considered one of the first postmodernists. He is one of the key writers in what Martin Esslin called the "Theatre of the Absurd". His work became increasingly minimalist in his later career.

Beckett was awarded the 1969 Nobel ...more

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	Waiting for Godot 3.84 avg rating — 204,397 ratings — published 1952 — 449 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Endgame 3.79 avg rating — 22,223 ratings — published 1957 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Endgame & Act Without Words 3.92 avg rating — 10,940 ratings — published 1957 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Molloy / Malone Dies / The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett, Gabriel Josipovici(Introduction) 4.28 avg rating — 9,054 ratings — published 1958 — 91 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Molloy by Samuel Beckett, Patrick Bowles(Co-translator) 4.04 avg rating — 8,754 ratings — published 1951 — 132 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happy Days 3.85 avg rating — 6,882 ratings — published 1961 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murphy 3.82 avg rating — 5,977 ratings — published 1938 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Malone Dies 3.85 avg rating — 5,176 ratings — published 1951 — 115 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Krapp's Last Tape & Embers 4.03 avg rating — 4,615 ratings — published 1958 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Watt 3.90 avg rating — 3,457 ratings — published 1953 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Trilogy (3 books)
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The Letters (4 books)
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4.45 avg rating — 260 ratings

The Collected Works of Samuel Beckett (1 book)
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3.81 avg rating — 112 ratings

نمایشنامههای بکت (2 books)
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4.06 avg rating — 81 ratings

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“We are all born mad. Some remain so.”
― Samuel Beckett

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“All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
― Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho

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“Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.”
― Samuel Beckett

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