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Beck·ett 
[bek-it] Pronunciation Key
[bek-it] Pronunciation Key –noun
| Samuel, 1906–1989, Irish playwright and novelist, living in France: Nobel prize for literature 1969. |
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| Beck·ett
(běk'ĭt) Pronunciation Key
Irish-born writer whose novels include Murphy (1938) and Malone Dies (1951). Beckett is known to a wider audience for his absurdist plays, such as Waiting for Godot (1952) and Krapp's Last Tape (1959). He won the 1969 Nobel Prize for literature. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| samuel beckett | |
noun | |
| a playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989) [syn: Beckett] |
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