Samuel Beckett

Biography

Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet, who lived in Paris for most of his adult life and wrote in both English and French. He is widely regarded as among the most influential writers of the 20th century. Beckett 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."

Known For

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

If I Had Four Dromedaries

Notfilm

Beckett in Berlin

Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett

Waiting for Beckett

Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

All Movies (9)

• Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett2019 · as Self (Archive)
• Barney's Wall2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Notfilm2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• Waiting for Beckett1993 · as Self
• Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence1987
• Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'1983 · as Self (archive footage)
• Beckett in Berlin1969 · as Self
• Samuel Beckett - Mute Interview1969 · as Self
• If I Had Four Dromedaries1966 · as Self (photo)

All TV Shows (1)

• Das Jahrhundert des Theaters2002 · as Self (archive footage)