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1906 – 1989Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)Died 22 December 1989, aged 83Samuel Beckett was an Irish playwright and novelist best known for Waiting for Godot, a landmark of absurdist theatre. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969. His minimalist style profoundly influenced twentieth-century drama.