Beck·ett (b k  t), Samuel 1906-1989. Irish-born writer whose novels include Murphy (1938) and Malone Dies (1951). Beckett is known to a wider audience for his absurdist plays, such as Waiting for Godot (1952) and Krapp's Last Tape (1959). He won the 1969 Nobel Prize for literature. |
Beckett [ˈbɛkɪt]
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1. (Biographies / Beckett, Margaret Mary (1943 F, British, POLITICS: politician, POLITICS: stateswoman) Margaret Mary. born 1943, British Labour politician; president of the board of trade and secretary of state for trade and industry from 1997
2. (Biographies / Beckett, Samuel (Barclay) (1906-1989) M, Irish, THEATRE: dramatist, WRITING: novelist) Samuel (Barclay). 1906-89, Irish dramatist and novelist writing in French and English, whose works portray the human condition as insignificant or absurd in a bleak universe. They include the plays En attendant Godot (Waiting for Godot, 1952), Fin de partie (Endgame, 1957), and Not I (1973) and the novel Malone meurt (Malone Dies, 1951): Nobel prize for literature 1969
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| Noun | 1. |  Beckett - a playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989) |
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