(1906–89), Irish playwright, novelist, and poet; full name Samuel Barclay Beckett. He is best known for his plays, especially Waiting for Godot (1952), a seminal work in the Theatre of the Absurd. Nobel Prize for Literature (1969).
Definition of Beckett, Samuel in US English:
Beckett, Samuel
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(1906–89), Irish playwright, novelist, and poet; full name Samuel Barclay Beckett. He is well known for Waiting for Godot (1952), a seminal work in the Theater of the Absurd. Nobel Prize for Literature (1969).