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Beckett, Samuel 1906-1989
Overview
| Works: | 4,323
works in
11,693
publications in
59
languages and
348,839
library holdings
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| Genres: | Drama
Experimental fiction
Tragedies
Tragicomedy
Fantasy fiction
French drama
Radio plays
Humorous fiction
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| Roles: | Other, Author of screenplay, Translator, Editor, Librettist, Dedicatee, Honoree, Bibliographic antecedent, Director, Creator, Lyricist, Author of introduction, Scenarist, Contributor, Writer of accompanying material, Artist, Interviewee, Film editor, Originator, Annotator, Photographer |
| Classifications: | pr6003.e282,
843.914 |
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Samuel Beckett
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Most widely held works by
Samuel Beckett
Waiting for Godot; tragicomedy in 2 acts by Samuel Beckett (
Book
)
783
editions published
between
1900
and
2011
in
35
languages
and held by
4,713
libraries
worldwide
Two old tramps wait on a bare stretch of road near a tree for Godot.
Endgame, a play in one act, followed by Act without words, a mime for one player by Samuel Beckett (
Book
)
387
editions published
between
1900
and
2010
in
24
languages
and held by
2,883
libraries
worldwide
Contains the text to two of Nobel Prize-winning author Samuel Beckett's greatest works, a single-act play and a single-person mime sketch.
Molloy by Samuel Beckett (
Book
)
281
editions published
between
1951
and
2009
in
25
languages
and held by
2,263
libraries
worldwide
Mysteriously imprisoned, Molloy disappears while looking for his mother; a dying man looks back on his life; and, a nameless individual ponders his existence.
Happy days : the production notebook of Samuel Beckett by Samuel Beckett (
Book
)
313
editions published
between
1961
and
2011
in
14
languages
and held by
2,259
libraries
worldwide
"Two characters--a woman buried up to her waist in the first act and up to her neck in the second, and a man who revolves around the mound in which she is placed--probe the tenuous connections that hold people to people and people to the universe in Happy Days"--Cover.
Murphy by Samuel Beckett (
Book
)
197
editions published
between
1934
and
2010
in
18
languages
and held by
2,009
libraries
worldwide
A poor Irishman, seeking his own identity, drifts through worsening stages of despair until his final disintegration.
How it is by Samuel Beckett (
Book
)
120
editions published
between
1961
and
2009
in
16
languages
and held by
1,867
libraries
worldwide
Original holograph notebooks (2 v.); first corrected typescript; final corrected typescript (94 leaves); corrected galley proofs, signed; corrected page proofs (New York, Feb. 1964); corrected page proofs (London, Mar. 1964); advance unbound signatures (London, Mar. 1964), "author's marked set."
Stories & texts for nothing by Samuel Beckett (
Book
)
85
editions published
between
1955
and
2006
in
8
languages
and held by
1,752
libraries
worldwide
Three short stories and thirteen vignettes by 1969 Nobel Prize-winning Irish writer. Originally published in French in 1958 and later translated by the author.
Krapp's last tape, and other dramatic pieces by Samuel Beckett (
Book
)
15
editions published
between
1960
and
2009
in
English
and held by
1,739
libraries
worldwide
In 'Krapp's Last Tape', our protagonist Krapp, now in his late 60s, plays back tapes that he has recorded on previous birthdays. Every year this task becomes a more and more onerous one, and every year he is more and more embarassed by "that stupid b**tard I took myself for thirty years ago". The pain of reconstructing the past is a pain that Beckett uses to dolourous effect throughout his prose and dramatic works and its use is particularly powerful here. --Amazon.com.
Watt by Samuel Beckett (
Book
)
139
editions published
between
1953
and
2009
in
14
languages
and held by
1,728
libraries
worldwide
"An account of the grotesque and improbable adventures of a fantastically logical Irish servant and his master, narrated with mordant wit and rooted in Beckett's own terrifying vision of despair"--Cover.
Malone dies by Samuel Beckett (
Book
)
175
editions published
between
1951
and
2010
in
17
languages
and held by
1,599
libraries
worldwide
"An old man is dying in a room. His bowl of soup comes, his pots are emptied. He waits to die. And while he waits, he constructs stories, mainly to pass the time. Saposcat, the Lambert family, Macmann and his nurse Moll. Other figures weave in and out of his vision and his imagination" -- from publisher's web site.
The lost ones by Samuel Beckett (
Book
)
64
editions published
between
1970
and
2009
in
7
languages
and held by
1,552
libraries
worldwide
A unique artist's book, with cursive holograph text and original artwork by Klaus Zylla on facing pages. Zylla pairs his large picturesque panels with selections from Samuel Beckett's "Le dépeupleur."
Proust by Samuel Beckett (
Book
)
80
editions published
between
1931
and
2006
in
15
languages
and held by
1,432
libraries
worldwide
Mercier and Camier by Samuel Beckett (
Book
)
90
editions published
between
1960
and
2011
in
9
languages
and held by
1,432
libraries
worldwide
The unnamable by Samuel Beckett (
Book
)
110
editions published
between
1953
and
2010
in
11
languages
and held by
1,407
libraries
worldwide
Figé, le corps de l'Innommable est incapable de se mouvoir. Cependant, il a à parler. Les personnages de Molloy, Malone, passent et repassent, tournant autour de lui. Ils veulent le contraindre à continuer d'être, le forcer à continuer de dire. Alors l'Innommable va créer d'autres mondes, donner voix à d'autres lui-même.
More pricks than kicks by Samuel Beckett (
Book
)
57
editions published
between
1934
and
2010
in
7
languages
and held by
1,368
libraries
worldwide
Poems in English by Samuel Beckett (
Book
)
34
editions published
between
1961
and
1971
in
4
languages
and held by
1,364
libraries
worldwide
Digte.
Company by Samuel Beckett (
Book
)
61
editions published
between
1977
and
2009
in
10
languages
and held by
1,303
libraries
worldwide
Mijmeringen van iemand die naar gezelschap verlangt en zich van alles inbeeldt om samen te kunnen zijn.
Krapp's last tape : with a revised text by Samuel Beckett (
Book
)
238
editions published
between
1958
and
2006
in
7
languages
and held by
1,259
libraries
worldwide
Samuel Beckett, one of the great avant-garde Irish dramatists and writers of the second half of the twentieth century, was born on 13 April 1906. His centenary will be celebrated throughout 2006 with performances of his major plays, including Waiting for Godot. Here are the two most famous plays for solo voice. Krapp's Last Tape finds an old man, with his tape recorder, musing over the past and future. Not I is a remarkable tour de force for a single actress, as a woman emits memories and fears. Also included are two other singular short dramas for single voice, That Time read by John Moffatt and A Piece of Monologue read by Peter Marinker.
Fizzles by Samuel Beckett (
Book
)
50
editions published
between
1976
and
2007
in
4
languages
and held by
1,221
libraries
worldwide
Recueil de textes courts dans lesquels Beckett tente d'épurer au maximum le langage pour exprimer ce qui est dit par-delà les mots.
Tous ceux qui tombent, pièce radiophonique by Samuel Beckett (
Book
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106
editions published
between
1957
and
2006
in
6
languages
and held by
1,036
libraries
worldwide
"An American national premiere of one of the radio plays of Samuel Beckett and a documentary about the play and its place in the context of Beckett's work"--Guide in container.
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Associated Subjects
Art Art Art and literature Authors, French Authors, Irish Beckett, Samuel,--1906-1989 Bibliography Biography Conference proceedings Criticism, interpretation, etc. Criticism and interpretation Drama Drama--Psychological aspects Drama--Technique En attendant Godot (Beckett, Samuel) English drama English fiction English literature--Irish authors Experimental fiction Fiction Fiction--Technique France French drama French fiction Friendship Handbooks, manuals, etc. History Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Innommable (Beckett, Samuel) Intellectual life Ionesco, Eugène Ireland Ireland--Dublin Irish Joyce, James,--1882-1941 Language and languages Literature Malone meurt (Beckett, Samuel) Modernism (Literature) Molloy (Beckett, Samuel) Narration (Rhetoric) Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. Philosophy Pictorial works Psychology Style, Literary Technique Theater Translations Yeats, W. B.--1865-1939
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Alternative Names
 Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989
Film (film)
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