Beckett, Samuel

 
Pronunciation: /ˈbɛkɪt/
  • (1906–89), Irish dramatist, novelist, and poet; full name Samuel Barclay Beckett. He is best known for his plays, especially Waiting for Godot (1952), a seminal work in the Theatre of the Absurd. Nobel Prize for Literature (1969).

Derivatives

Beckettian

Pronunciation: /bɛˈkɛtɪən/
adjective