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When was Waiting for Godot first performed in Paris?
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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.
Waiting for Godot (originally published in French as En attendant Godot) was first produced in 1953 in Paris, directed by Roger Blin. This production marked a significant moment in the Theatre of the Absurd and brought public recognition to the work of Irish author Samuel Beckett.12