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gptkbp:instanceOf
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novelist
playwright
poet
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gptkbp:adaptation
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Film adaptations of his works
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gptkbp:associatedAct
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Theatre of the Absurd
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Tony_Award_for_Best_Play
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
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gptkbp:born
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April 13, 1906
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gptkbp:child
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nan
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gptkbp:died
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December 22, 1989
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Trinity_College_Dublin
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gptkbp:famousQuote
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"I can't go on. I'll go on."
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."
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gptkbp:genre
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Modernist literature
Absurdist fiction
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Samuel Beckett
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkb:David_Mamet
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett's_Theatre
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:James_Joyce
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gptkbp:language
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English
French
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gptkbp:nationality
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Irish
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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gptkb:Geoffrey_Faber_Memorial_Prize
gptkb:The_Irish_Times_Literary_Award
gptkb:David_Cohen_Prize
gptkb:French_Legion_of_Honor
gptkb:The_Lannan_Literary_Award
gptkb:International_Ibsen_Award
gptkb:Premio_Formentor
Theatre World Award
The Franz Kafka Prize
The Gold Medal for Poetry
The Premio Formentor de las Letras
The Premio de Literatura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:Krapp's_Last_Tape
Waiting for Godot
Endgame
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gptkbp:occupation
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essayist
translator
dramatist
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gptkbp:partnerships
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gptkb:Suzanne_Dechevaux-Dumesnil
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gptkbp:placeOfBirth
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gptkb:Dublin,_Ireland
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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gptkb:Paris,_France
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gptkbp:style
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Minimalism
Existentialism
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