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Samuel Beckett Biographical Bio-bibliographic information. 1906 – Born in Dublin of Irish parents. 1927 – B.A. Trinity College, Dublin. 1928-29 – English reader at École Normale Supérieure, Paris. 1930 – French reader at Trinity College, Dublin. 1938 – Moved to France. 1945 – Began writing in French. 1989 – Died in Paris
Samuel Beckett, (born April 13?, 1906, Foxrock, Co. Dublin, Ire.—died Dec. 22, 1989, Paris, France), Irish playwright. After studying in Ireland and traveling, he settled in Paris in 1937. During World War II he supported himself as a farmworker and joined the underground resistance.
Samuel Beckett - Existentialism, Absurdism, Theatre: Beckett’s writing reveals his own immense learning. It is full of subtle allusions to a multitude of literary sources as well as to a number of philosophical and theological writers.
