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Samuel Beckett's Parents
Mother- Maria Jones Roe, a nurse. Father- William Frank Beckett, a quantity surveyor. They married in 1901. William was born in 1871 and died in 1933 at the age of 62 Maria also born in 1871 died in 1950, 17 years at the age of 79. -
Samuel's Sibling
Born born on 26 July 1902, in Rathdown, County Wicklow, Ireland. He died in July 1954, in Rathdown, County Wicklow, Ireland, at the age of 52. He was Samuel's older and only brother. -
The Birth of Samuel Beckett
Samuel Barclay Beckett was born on April 13, 1906, in Foxrock, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. He grew up to be an Irish playwright, novelist and dramatist, -
Education
Beckett studied English, French, and Italian at Trinity College in Dublin, where he graduated in 1927. Samuel was known to be a well-rounded athlete who excelled in cricket, tennis, and boxing. He studied Romance languages at Trinity College where he received his bachelor’s degree. -
" Research Assistant
Something controversial some argue Samuel was an unpaid secretary for James Joyce while others claim he never served as Joyce’s secretary. -
Children?
Samuel Beckett did not have children. Samuel began a relationship with Suzanne in the 1930s which lasted for the rest of their lives. They married in 1961. Their relationship lasted about fifty years before they both died within five months of each other but they never had children. -
Writer
Samuel published short essays and poems, including Whoroscope in 1930. His first novel was published in 1938 -
Before Playwriting
Before becoming a playwright, Samuel Beckett was a student, teacher, and writer. Samuel studied, taught, traveled, and published short stories, poems, and novels: -
Teaching
Beckett lectured in English at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris in 1928. He returned to Ireland in 1930 to take up a post as a lecturer in French at Trinity College, but after only four terms he resigned. -
Inspirations
The dominating influences on Beckett's thoughts were undoubtedly the Italian poet Dante, and the French philosopher René Descartes. -
Affair #1 - Peggy Guggenheim
Starting in December 1939, she and Samuel Beckett had a brief, but intense affair, and he encouraged her to turn exclusively to modern art. -
Most famous Play
En attendant Godot aka Waiting for Godot. Premiere day was January 5, 1953. -
Affair #2 -Pamela Mitchell
Samuel Beckett had an affair with Pamela Mitchell, a young American woman he met in Paris in 1953. Pamela was a Vassar grad who had spent her post-graduation 1940s working for Naval Intelligence as a civilian during World War ll. This naturally led to a career in the business side of the theater. She was negotiating with Beckett on behalf of her boss, who had purchased an option on Waiting for Godot which later they began an affair. -
Affair #3 - Barbara Bray
Samuel had a relationship with Barbara, a BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation )script editor and translator, from the late 1950s until his death. They met in 1957 when the BBC commissioned his first radio play, All That Fall. Barbara moved to Paris in 1961 to be closer to Beckett, the same year he married Suzanne Deschevaux-Dumesnil. -
Obie Award for Distinguished Plays
Samuel Beckett won multiple Obie Awards for his plays, including Krapp's Last Tape, and Ruth White. -
Marriage
Suzanne Deschevaux-Dumesnil was a French pianist who was the lover and later wife of writer Samuel Beckett. Samuel Beckett married his long-time partner Suzanne Deschevaux-Dumesnil at a secret ceremony in the town's Registry Office. On March 25, 1961. They met in the late 1930's -
Obie Award
Beckett also won Obie Awards for Best Play in 1964 -
Award
Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1969 for his literary works. -
Obie Award
Samuel Beckett won the Obie Award for Best Foreign Play in 1973 for his play Not I -
Obie Award
Samuel Beckett won the Obie Award for Playwriting, for Ohio Impromptu, What Where, Catastrophe, Pocket -
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Fact
During World War II he joined the resistance and was forced to flee to the French countryside. Toward the end of the war, he worked as a volunteer for the Red Cross. -
Health issues
Samuel Beckett suffered from a variety of health issues throughout his life, including - Mental health- depression and severe anxiety symptoms, including panic, breathlessness, night sweats, and shudders, Physical health- had chronic insomnia, boils and cysts, respiratory problems, bad teeth and eyesight, and Hysteria.