Samuel Beckett

Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde writer who spent most of his adult life in France.

He wrote in both English and French, producing novels, plays, poetry, and theatre direction.

Beckett's work is characterized by a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often incorporating black comedy and gallows humor.

He is considered one of the last modernists and an early influence on postmodernism.

Beckett's writing became increasingly minimalist over time, and he is a key figure in the Theatre of the Absurd.

In 1969, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his innovative forms in novel and drama.

Beckett's work continues to be highly influential in literature and theatre.