Monarch Notes, January 1st, 1963
Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Samuel Beckett: Biography and Commentary Samuel Beckett's importance is neatly summed up in the official statement made by the Swedish Academy when it awarded him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969: Beckett has exposed the misery of man in our time through new dramatic and literary forms. His . . . muted minor tone holds liberation for the oppressed and comfort for the distressed. It was characteristic of the gaunt, shy, baggy-suited Beckett . . . who lives a life of almost monastic simplicity . . . to announce that he would not go to Stockholm to accept his $80,00...
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