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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.
Samuel Beckett, an influential Irish playwright and author, wrote his major works in both French and English.12
While his early fiction, such as the novel Murphy, was written in English, he increasingly turned to French as his career progressed. Beckett frequently translated his own works between these two languages, maintaining a unique, linguistically lean style across his body of work. His most famous play, Waiting for Godot, was originally written in French as En attendant Godot before becoming a cornerstone of his international reputation.21