Samuel Beckettauthor profile |
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| born | April 13, 1906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| died | December 22, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gender | male | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| genre | Poetry, Literature & Fiction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| influences | Dante Alighieri, Arnold Geulincx, James Joyce, Marcel Proust, Jean Racine, Arthur Schopenhauer, J.M Synge, W.B. Yeats, Seán O'Casey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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about this author
Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish writer, dramatist and poet. He 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." |
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books by Samuel Beckettcombine editionsavg rating: 4.01 | 8674 ratings | 151 distinct works
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quotes by Samuel Beckett
""Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter, try again, fail again, fail better."
— Samuel Beckett
— Samuel Beckett
"The tears of the world are a constant quantity. For each one who begins to weep somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh."
— Samuel Beckett (Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts)
— Samuel Beckett (Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts)
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tears
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