Samual Beckett

Samuel Beckett

Image result for Samuel BeckettSamual Beckett was born on April 13th 1906 in Dublin, Ireland When he was younger he attended Earlsfort House School in Dublin, at the age of 14 he went to Portora Royal School, in 1927 he received his bachelors degree from Trinity College. Growing up he would suffer periods of depression keeping him in bed until mid-day this would later influence his writing. 
During world war two he fought in the french resistant until 1942 when some members from his group were arrested by Gestapo. When the war was over he was awarded the Croix de Guerre for bravery during the time he was in the french resistant. In the 1930's and 1940's he wrote his first novels and short stories. In the 1950's he wrote a trilogy of novels including his famous play 'Waiting For Godot.' In 1969 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. 
By the late 1980s, Samuel Beckett was in failing health and had moved to a small nursing home. His life was confined to a small room where he would receive visitors and write. He died on December 22, 1989. 


What Harold Pinter said about Samuel Beckett
" The farther he goes the more good it does to me. I don't want philosophies, tactics, dogmas, creeds, ways out, truths, answers, nothing from the bargain basement. He is the most courageous, remorseless writer going and the more he grinds my nose in the shit the more i am grateful to him. 
He's not fucking me about, he;s not leading me up any garden path, he's not not slipping me a wink, he's not flogging me a remedy or a path or a revelation or a basinful of breadcrumbs, he's not selling me anything i don't want to buy - he doesn't give a bullock whether i buy or not - he hasn't got his hand over is heart. Well, I'll buy his goods, hook, line and sinker, because he leaves no stone unturned and no maggot lonely. He brings forth a body of beauty."  


Some facts about Samuel Beckett
  • He worked with with James Choice 
  • Created avent guarde Theatre 
  • His plays normally didn't have characters or plots
  • Planned on writing without characters or plots
  • Theatre of the absurd was french 
  • he attacks the social and political norms of Theatre 

Some of his literature:
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Endgame (1957)
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Happy Days (1960)
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Waiting For Godot (1952)






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