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Portrait image of Samuel Beckett Photo: Lütfi Özkök

Beckett, Samuel

Country/Region:
Ireland, France
Born:
April 13, 1906
Dead:
December 22, 1989
Genres:
Poetry, Drama, Miscellaneous prose
The Irishman Samuel Beckett is one of the most influential authors of the 20th century and a prominent figure within literary and dramatic absurdism. He was born in a wealthy Protestant family in Dublin. The death of his father in 1933, and also his contradictory and problematic relationship to his mother, became decisive for his life view. His years as a youth he has depicted in More Pricks Than Kicks (1934).

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