Samuel Beckett earns the Nobel Prize in Literature for innovative drama and prose that confront human vulnerability. His austere dialogue and unconventional structures, especially in Waiting for Godot, gave modern theatre a new expressive language.
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Samuel Beckett
Nobel Prize history for Samuel Beckett based on the award records stored in the World History Database.
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