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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 · 319,968 ratings · 17,275 reviews · 782 distinct works ? Similar authors

	Waiting for Godot 3.84 avg rating — 203,965 ratings — published 1952 — 449 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 — 22,185 ratings — published 1957 — 14 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 — 10,936 ratings — published 1957 — 42 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 — 9,049 ratings — published 1958 — 91 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 — 8,721 ratings — published 1951 — 132 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 3.85 avg rating — 6,866 ratings — published 1961 — 65 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 — 5,968 ratings — published 1938 — 99 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 — 5,156 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 — 4,611 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 3.90 avg rating — 3,449 ratings — published 1953 — 77 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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Series by Samuel Beckett

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

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

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Lady Susan by Jane Austen , 80 pages, 1871

51 votes , 20.7%

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett , 109 pages, 1952

46 votes , 18.7%

The Pearl John Steinbeck , 96 pages, 1947

30 votes , 12.2%

White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky , 82 pages, 1848

26 votes , 10.6%

An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott , 32 pages, 1868

23 votes , 9.3%

Night by Elie Wiesel , 120 pages, 1958

23 votes , 9.3%

Lysistrata by Aristophanes , 128 pages, -411

19 votes , 7.7%

Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez , 120 pages, 1981

16 votes , 6.5%

Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov , 125 pages, 1926

12 votes , 4.9%

246 total votes

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