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Which three prose works make up Samuel Beckett’s French-language trilogy?
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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.
The three prose works that make up Samuel Beckett’s French-language trilogy are:
- Molloy (1951)12
- Malone Dies (1951; originally titled Malone meurt)12
- The Unnamable (1953; originally titled L’Innommable)12
These narratives are often described as prose works rather than novels in the traditional sense, as they focus on exploring the identity of the human self and the nature of consciousness from within.3