Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989
Biography
Samuel Beckett was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. A resident of Paris for most of his adult life, he wrote in both French and English.
General Context
Emory University put together an open-access website, Chercher, to log and index all Samuel Beckett letters in public archives. Researchers may find this tool useful in their work. https://chercherbeckettletters.emory.edu
Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:
Version 1, 1984-10-06
Version 1, in three variations, begin: "A young man coming to Paris in the late 1920s as Samuel Beckett came....", all with extensive handwritten revisions.
Version 2, 1984-10-27
Version 2, in three variations, begins: "A young Irishman coming to Paris in 1928, as Samuel Beckett did, might be excused.....", with handwritten revisions.
Version 3, 1985-01-11
Fragments of a variation of Version 2.
Version 4, 1985-03-20
Version 4, in 5 variations, all with handwritten revisions; some drafts are incomplete.
Version 5, Undated
Version 5, in three variations, with further revisions, notes and corrections.
Warner, Francis, 1986
Brief friendly notes from Warner to Ellmann.
Wilson, Veronica M.S., 1962
Wilson asks if Ellmann would read her paper on Dickens and Beckett for possible presentation at an upcoming MLA meeting; Ellmann's response.
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