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1906 - Born on the 13th of April in Foxrock, Dublin, Ireland.
- Studied High School at Portora Royal School.
1923-1927 - He graduated in Trinity College Dublin.
1928 - He served as teacher in Reader, École Normale Supérieure, Paris.
1929 - Beckett published his first work, a critical essay entitled Dante, Bruno, Vico, Joyce.
1930 - He became teacher, Lecturer in French, Trinity College Dublin.
- Wrote the Whoroscope.
- More Pricks Than Kicks.
- Echo's Bones.
- Murphy.
- Watt.
- Stories and Texts for Nothing.
1952 - Wrote plays Waiting for Godot.
1957 - Endgame.
1959 - Embers.
1960 - Happy Days.
1961 - He married Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnil.
1969 - Won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1989 - Died on the 22nd of December in Paris France, because of Respiratory failure.
- Studied High School at Portora Royal School.
1923-1927 - He graduated in Trinity College Dublin.
1928 - He served as teacher in Reader, École Normale Supérieure, Paris.
1929 - Beckett published his first work, a critical essay entitled Dante, Bruno, Vico, Joyce.
1930 - He became teacher, Lecturer in French, Trinity College Dublin.
- Wrote the Whoroscope.
- More Pricks Than Kicks.
- Echo's Bones.
- Murphy.
- Watt.
- Stories and Texts for Nothing.
1952 - Wrote plays Waiting for Godot.
1957 - Endgame.
1959 - Embers.
1960 - Happy Days.
1961 - He married Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnil.
1969 - Won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1989 - Died on the 22nd of December in Paris France, because of Respiratory failure.
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