Samuel Beckett
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Samuel Beckett Net Worth

Samuel Beckett was an Irish postmodernist writer born on April 13, 1906 in Foxrock, Ireland. He is best known for his absurdist plays, Waiting for Godot and Endgame, and his novels such as Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable. In 1969, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his contributions to the world of literature.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day April 13, 1906
Birth Place Foxrock, Ireland
Age 114 YEARS OLD
Died On Dec 22, 1989 (age 83)
Birth Sign Aries

💰 Net worth: $1.6 Million (2024)

About

Irish postmodernist Writer who is most famous for his absurdist plays, Waiting for Godot and Endgame, and for novels such as Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969.

Before Fame

As a boy, he was a skilled athlete, and he went on to play cricket for Trinity College, Dublin. He began his writing career by publishing critical studies of the works of James Joyce and Marcel Proust.

Trivia

He received the Croix de Guerre in 1945 for his efforts on behalf of the World War II-era French Resistance.

Family Life

He was born in Dublin, Ireland to william Frank Beckett and Maria Jones Roe. In 1961, he married a French woman named Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnil, and he also had a long-lasting affair with BBC Editor Barbara Bray.

Associated With

He was an admirer of Buster Keaton, and he went on to cast Keaton in a silent film he wrote that was simply titled "Film."

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