Samuel Beckett

Nobel Prize in Literature 1969

“for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation”

Samuel Beckett was an Irish novelist, playwright, and poet. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969 for his writing, which in new forms for the novel and drama acquires its elevation in the destitution of modern man.

Field

Literature · Literature

Lifespan

1906–1989