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Did Samuel Beckett work as James Joyce’s secretary?
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Samuel Beckett
Irish playwright, author, and critic Samuel Beckett, known for his plays on existential themes, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969.
No, Samuel Beckett did not serve as James Joyce’s secretary. Although Beckett joined Joyce’s circle after meeting him in Paris in 1928, reports suggesting he held the position of secretary are inaccurate and have been repeatedly corrected.1