Endgame and Act Without Words
Samuel Beckett
(Translator)
Description
Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969; his literary output of plays, novels, stories and poetry has earned him an uncontested place as one of the greatest writers of our time. Endgame, originally written in French and translated into English by Beckett himself, is considered by many critics to be his greatest single work. A pinnacle of Beckett's characteristic raw minimalism, it is a pure and devastating distillation of the human essence in the face of approaching death.Product Details
Price
$17.00
$15.64
Publisher
Grove Press
Publish Date
June 01, 2009
Pages
100
Dimensions
5.4 X 0.4 X 8.0 inches | 0.24 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780802144393
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About the Author
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was educated at Portora Royal School and Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1927. He made his poetry debut in 1930 with Whoroscope and followed it with essays and two novels before World War II. He wrote one of his most famous plays, Waiting for Godot, in 1949 but it wasn't published in English until 1954. Waiting for Godot brought Beckett international fame and firmly established him as a leading figure in the Theater of the Absurd. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. He continued to write prolifically for radio, television, and the theater until his death in 1989.