{"id":157,"date":"2013-11-25T18:06:40","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T18:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-lit\/?page_id=157"},"modified":"2016-11-04T19:44:09","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T19:44:09","slug":"samuel-beckett","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-lit\/twentieth-century-writers\/samuel-beckett\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel Beckett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samuel Beckett was an Irish novelist, theatre director, and poet.\u00a0 His works offers a bleak outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humor.\u00a0 He is considered one of the last modernists.\u00a0 Beckett was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Notable works in ARB\u2019s collection<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ill seen, Ill said (1982), special edition (no. 93 of 299), signed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>For more works by Samuel Beckett, click <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/uclid.uc.edu\/search\/X?SEARCH=%28samuel%20beckett%29&amp;searchscope=39&amp;SORT=D&amp;b=buar\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-lit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/11\/Samuel-Beckett-Ill-Seen-Ill-Said.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-78\" src=\"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-lit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/11\/Samuel-Beckett-Ill-Seen-Ill-Said-764x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Samuel Beckett-Ill Seen Ill Said\" width=\"458\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-lit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/11\/Samuel-Beckett-Ill-Seen-Ill-Said-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-lit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/11\/Samuel-Beckett-Ill-Seen-Ill-Said-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-lit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/11\/Samuel-Beckett-Ill-Seen-Ill-Said.jpg 1780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samuel Beckett was an Irish novelist, theatre director, and poet.\u00a0 His works offers a bleak outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humor.\u00a0 He is considered one of the last modernists.\u00a0 Beckett was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature. 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