Musician Dictionary

Samuel Beckett

Irish writer (1906–1989) · Irish writer

DescriptionIrish writer (1906–1989)
Source: Wikidata
Born1906-04-13
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
BirthplaceFoxrock Foxrock
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Died1989-12-22
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Place of deathParis 14th arrondissement of Paris
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
AreaFrance
Source: MusicBrainz
CountryFR
Source: MusicBrainz
CitizenshipIreland
Source: Wikidata
Occupationcricketer screenwriter translator writer teacher novelist film director video artist intellectual French resistance fighter playwright linguist poet cinematographer draftsperson filmmaker
Source: Wikidata
Genresdrama film
Source: Wikidata
Member ofAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences Aosdána
Source: Wikidata
Awardsstar on Playwrights' Sidewalk honorary doctorate of Trinity College, Dublin Nobel Prize in Literature Obie Award Saoi Scholar of Trinity College, Dublin Prix Formentor Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Source: Wikidata

Also known as

Beckett S. Becket S. Beckett S.Beckett Μπέκετ Σάμουελ Μπέκετ Σαμουέλ Μπέκετ Бэккет С. Бэккет С.Бэккет

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Identifiers

mbid: 81e1e828-5c90-4bc6-b547-2e848620111f · wikidata: Q37327 · isni: 0000000121192038 · discogs: 403639

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