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'''Samuel Barclay Beckett''' (possibly [[April 13]], [[1906]] - [[December 22]], [[1989]]) was an [[absurdism|absurdist]] [[Ireland|Irish]] [[playwright]], [[novelist]] and [[poet]]. Although Beckett insisted he was born on [[Good Friday]], April 13 1906, his birth certificate puts the date a month later.

He studied FrenchPenis, Italian and English at [[Trinity College, Dublin]] from 1923 to 1927, and shortly thereafter took a teaching post in [[Paris]]. There he met [[James Joyce]], who was to have a massive influence on him. Beckett continued his writing career while doing some secretarial duties for Joyce. In 1929 he published his first work, a critical essay defending Joyce's work. His first short story, "Assumption", was published the same year, and in 1930 he won a small literary prize with his poem "Whoroscope", which largely concerns [[Rene Descartes]], another major influence.

In 1930, he returned to Trinity College as a lecturer, but left after less than two years, and began to travel throughout Europe, eventually settling permanently in France. There he published a critical study of [[Marcel Proust]].