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Samuel Beckett

Born

in Foxrock (Dublin), Ireland

April 13, 1906

Died

December 22, 1989

Website

http://samuel-beckett.net

Genre

Literature & Fiction , Theatre , Poetry

Influences

James Joyce , Dante Alighieri , Schopenhauer , Marcel Proust , Yeats , Sad ...more

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Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet, who lived in France for most of his adult life. He wrote in both English and French. His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour.

Beckett is widely regarded as among the most influential writers of the 20th century. Strongly influenced by James Joyce, he is considered one of the last modernists. As an inspiration to many later writers, he is also sometimes considered one of the first postmodernists. He is one of the key writers in what Martin Esslin called the "Theatre of the Absurd". His work became increasingly minimalist in his later career.

Beckett was awarded the 1969 Nobel ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 318,597 ratings · 17,122 reviews · 887 distinct works ? Similar authors

	Waiting for Godot 3.84 avg rating — 203,072 ratings — published 1952 — 433 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Endgame 3.79 avg rating — 22,094 ratings — published 1957 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Endgame & Act Without Words 3.92 avg rating — 10,919 ratings — published 1957 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Molloy / Malone Dies / The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett , Gabriel Josipovici (Introduction) 4.28 avg rating — 9,023 ratings — published 1958 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Molloy by Samuel Beckett , Patrick Bowles (Co-translator) 4.04 avg rating — 8,671 ratings — published 1951 — 131 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happy Days 3.87 avg rating — 6,664 ratings — published 1961 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murphy 3.82 avg rating — 5,951 ratings — published 1938 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Malone Dies 3.85 avg rating — 5,130 ratings — published 1951 — 115 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Krapp's Last Tape & Embers 4.03 avg rating — 4,607 ratings — published 1958 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Watt 3.89 avg rating — 3,425 ratings — published 1953 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Trilogy (3 books)
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The Collected Works of Samuel Beckett (1 book)
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“We are all born mad. Some remain so.”
― Samuel Beckett

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“All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
― Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho

tags: failure , perseverance

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“Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.”
― Samuel Beckett

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October 2016 Short Story Poll

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote , 127 pages, 1957

33 votes , 21.6%

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett , 109 pages, 1952

29 votes , 19.0%

The Pearl by John Steinbeck , 96 pages, 1947

24 votes , 15.7%

Lady Susan by Jane Austen , 80 pages, 1871

20 votes , 13.1%

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald , 64 pages, 1922

19 votes , 12.4%

The Door in the Wall by H.G. Wells , 66 pages, 1906

13 votes , 8.5%

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu , 108 pages, 1872

9 votes , 5.9%

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran , 127, 1923

6 votes , 3.9%

153 total votes

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