1. Beckett - Noun
2. Beckett - Proper noun
a playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989)
Source: WordNetAckerley, C. J. and Gontarski, S. E., (Eds.) The Faber Companion to Samuel Beckett (London: Faber and Faber, 2006), pp. 620, 621 Like all of Beckett's translations, Waiting for Godot is not simply a literal translation of En attendant Godot main. Source: Internet
Adorno began writing an introduction to a collection of poetry by Rudolf Borchardt, which was connected with a talk entitled "Charmed Language," delivered in Zurich, followed by a talk on aesthetics in Paris where he met Beckett again. Source: Internet
Although Beckett was noted for disallowing productions that took even slight liberties with his plays, he let this pass without incident but not without comment. Source: Internet
Also destroyed were some postcards and one telegram from Samuel Beckett to Lucia. Source: Internet
Alvarez, A. Beckett 2nd Edition (London: Fontana Press, 1992) They have been together for fifty years but when asked–by Pozzo–they do not reveal their actual ages. Source: Internet
At a preliminary hearing, Beckett asked his attacker for the motive behind the stabbing. Source: Internet