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Samuel Beckett was an Irish novelist, theatre director, and poet.  His works offers a bleak outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humor.  He is considered one of the last modernists.  Beckett was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Notable works in ARB’s collection:

  • Ill seen, Ill said (1982), special edition (no. 93 of 299), signed

For more works by Samuel Beckett, click here.

 

Samuel Beckett-Ill Seen Ill Said