Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish writer, dramatist and poet.
Beckett is considered one of the last modernists as an was an inspiration to many later writers of the postmodernist era.
He is also considered one of the main writers in "Theatre of the Absurd."
He is regarded as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century.
Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969 and was elected Saoi of Aosdána in 1984.
His most famous work is probably one of his early plays "Waiting for Godot"
Beckett excelled at cricket and played for Dublin University
Beckett is most famous for the play Waiting for Godot. Like most of his works after 1947, the play was written in French with the title En attendant Godot and subsequently translated into English.The play was a critical success in Paris. It opened in London in 1955 to negative reviews, but there was a positive reaction by Harold Hobson in The Sunday Times.
In the United States,it had a qualified success in New York City. After this, the play became extremely popular,and it is still frequently performed today.
The success of Waiting for Godot opened up a career in theatre for its author. Beckett went on to write a number of successful full-length plays, including Endgame, Krapp's Last Tape (written in English), Happy Days (also written in English), and Play.
In 1961, in recognition for his work, Beckett received the International Publishers' Formentor Prize.