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Samuel Beckett
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His Life
He finished university in 1927, studying modern literature and Italian.
For a short time, he worked at a university.
Samuel Beckett was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1906.
He wrote his first books in English, including a novel called Murphy in 1938.
That same year, he moved to Paris.
In 1945, he began writing in French.
In 1952, he wrote the play Waiting for Godot, which made him famous.
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In 1969, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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His Books and Plays
After Waiting for Godot, he wrote more famous plays:
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Beckett wrote many important books in French.
Between 1951 and 1953, he published three novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable.
His stories often show people who feel lost and hopeless.
They wait for something to happen, but nothing ever does.Life seems empty and without meaning.
These ideas are also found in the plays of Pirandello, another writer.But in Pirandello’s work, the characters talk a lot.
In Beckett’s plays, the characters speak less and less, sometimes almost saying nothing.
Who Is Godot?
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He may be a symbol for God, death, happiness, or something else.
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But Beckett said, “If I knew who Godot is, I would have said it in the play.”