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22/12/1989 Irish French writer Samuel Beckett dies at 83

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LITERATURE - Samuel Beckett

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Samuel Beckett, the Beckett Country and the 'State' of Ireland | Prof Eoin O'Brien

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Samuel Beckett - Documentary (+Greek subs) - Part 1

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Samuel Beckett - Documentary (+Greek subs) - Part 2

In 1969, Samuel Becket was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. For most of his adult life, he lived in Paris and wrote in both English and French. He died only 5 months later than his wife Suzanne, as he suffered from emphysema and possibly Parkinson's disease.