Samuel Beckett

GPTKB entity

Statements (172)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:playwright
gptkb:poet
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:adaptation Television adaptations
Film adaptations of his works
Radio plays
Television adaptations of his works
Radio adaptations of his works
gptkbp:associated_act gptkb:Theatre_of_the_Absurd
gptkb:Modernism
Existentialism
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Theatre_of_the_Absurd
gptkbp:awarded_for gptkb:French_Legion_of_Honor
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Tony_Award_for_Best_Play
gptkb:French_Legion_of_Honor
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
gptkbp:birth_date 1906-04-13
April 13, 1906
gptkbp:born April 13, 1906
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:Dublin
gptkb:Dublin,_Ireland
gptkbp:child gptkb:None
gptkbp:contributed_to gptkb:Modernist_literature
Absurdist literature
Post-war literature
Experimental theatre
gptkbp:death_date December 22, 1989
1989-12-22
gptkbp:died December 22, 1989
gptkbp:died_in gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:education gptkb:Trinity_College_Dublin
gptkb:École_Normale_Supérieure
gptkbp:famous_for Minimalist style
Existentialist themes
gptkbp:famous_quote " I can't go on. I'll go on."
" Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."
" The past is not dead. It's not even past."
" We are all born mad. Some remain so."
" Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful!"
" Nothing is funnier than unhappiness."
" What do we do now?"
" What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes."
“ I can't go on. I'll go on.”
“ The past is not dead. It's not even past.”
“ We are all born mad. Some remain so.”
“ What do we do now? Wait.”
“ Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
gptkbp:film_editing gptkb:Endgame
gptkb:Waiting_for_Godot
gptkb:Krapp's_Last_Tape
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Modernist_literature
gptkb:poetry
gptkb:novel
gptkb:drama
Absurdist fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Samuel Beckett
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkb:Postmodern_literature
gptkb:David_Mamet
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkb:Edward_Albee
gptkb:Eugène_Ionesco
gptkb:theater
gptkb:Tom_Stoppard
Contemporary literature
Contemporary theatre
Samuel Beckett's influence on contemporary theatre
Samuel Beckett's works in popular culture
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Marcel_Proust
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Minimalism
Dark humor
Existentialism
Absurdist literature
Innovative narrative techniques
Exploration of existential themes
Sparse dialogue
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
English
gptkbp:legacy Influence on playwrights
Influence on poets
Influence on novelists
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
Irish
gptkbp:notable_influence gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkb:David_Mamet
gptkb:Caryl_Churchill
gptkb:Martin_Mc_Donagh
gptkb:Tom_Stoppard
gptkbp:notable_quote " I can't go on. I'll go on."
" Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Endgame
gptkb:Happy_Days
gptkb:The_Letters_of_Samuel_Beckett
gptkb:Footfalls
gptkb:Malone_Dies
gptkb:Play_Without_Words
gptkb:The_Lost_Ones
gptkb:The_Trilogy
gptkb:Waiting_for_Godot
gptkb:Worstward_Ho
gptkb:Krapp's_Last_Tape
gptkb:play
Molloy
The Unnamable
Stirrings Still
How It Is
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Director
gptkb:playwright
gptkb:drama
gptkb:essayist
gptkb:Writer
gptkb:poet
gptkb:Novelist
gptkb:literary_criticism
Literary translator
gptkbp:partnership gptkb:Suzanne_Dechevaux-Dumesnil
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Dublin,_Ireland
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:posthumous_recognition Documentaries about his life
Continued performances of his works
Biographies written about him
Critical studies of his literature
Theatrical festivals dedicated to his works
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Suzanne_Dechevaux-Dumesnil
gptkbp:style gptkb:Minimalism
gptkb:Absurdism
gptkb:Postmodernism
gptkb:Surrealism
Avant-garde
Existentialism
Stream of consciousness
gptkbp:thematic_element gptkb:Hope
gptkb:Isolation
gptkb:Memory
gptkb:Time
gptkb:language
gptkb:Despair
gptkb:identity
Existentialism
Suffering
Absurdity
Human condition
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Endgame
gptkb:The_End
gptkb:Proust
gptkb:The_Letters_of_Samuel_Beckett
gptkb:Not_I
gptkb:Rockaby
gptkb:Footfalls
gptkb:Malone_Dies
gptkb:The_Collected_Poems
gptkb:The_Lost_Ones
gptkb:Waiting_for_Godot
gptkb:Worstward_Ho
gptkb:Krapp's_Last_Tape
gptkb:play
gptkb:The_Beckett_Trilogy
Molloy
The Unnamable
Stirrings Still
How It Is
Disjecta
The Complete Dramatic Works
The Smeraldina's Billet-Doux
Three Dialogues
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkb:Edward_Albee
gptkb:Robert_Wilson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3