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."

Most Known For

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

as Self (archive footage)

Notfilm

as Self (archive footage)

If I Had Four Dromedaries

as Self (photo)

Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

as Self (archive footage)

Barney's Wall

as Self (archive footage)

Waiting for Beckett

as Self

Beckett in Berlin

as Self

Samuel Beckett - Mute Interview

as Self