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Suzanne Georgette Anna Déchevaux-Dumesnil (7 January 1900 – 17 July 1989) was the lover and later wife of Samuel Beckett. In the 1930s, Beckett chose Déchevaux-Dumesnil as his lover over the heiress Peggy Guggenheim .
1 de ago. de 1989 · Suzanne Deschevaux-Dumesnil, the wife of the playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett, died on July 17 in Paris. She was 89 years old.
Samuel Barclay Beckett (/ ˈ b ɛ k ɪ t / ⓘ; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. His literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal, and tragicomic experiences of life, often coupled with black comedy and nonsense .
26 de set. de 2020 · Suzanne Déchevaux-Dumesnil (1900 – 17 July 1989) was the tennis-partner, lover, and later wife of Samuel Beckett. In the 1930s, Beckett, an avid tennis fan his whole life, chose Déchevaux-Dumesnil as his lover over the heiress Peggy Guggenheim.
- January 07, 1900
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise, Île-De-France, France
- Who Was Samuel Beckett?
- Early Life
- Career Beginnings
- Resistance Fighter in World War II
- Plays: 'Waiting For Godot'
- Later Years
- Death
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During the 1930s and 1940s, Samuel Beckett wrote his first novels and short stories. He wrote a trilogy of novels in the 1950s as well as famous plays like Waiting for Godot. In 1969 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. His later works included poetry and short story collections and novellas.
Samuel Barclay Beckett was born on April 13, 1906, in Dublin, Ireland. His father, William Frank Beckett, worked in the construction business and his mother, Maria Jones Roe, was a nurse. Young Samuel attended Earlsfort House School in Dublin, then at 14, he went to Portora Royal School, the same school attended by Oscar Wilde. He received his Bach...
In 1928, Beckett found a welcome home in Paris where he met and became a devoted student of James Joyce. In 1931, he embarked on a restless sojourn through Britain, France and Germany. He wrote poems and stories and did odd jobs to support himself. On his journey, he came across many individuals who would inspire some of his most interesting charac...
During World War II, Beckett’s Irish citizenship allowed him to remain in Paris as a citizen of a neutral country. He fought in the resistance movement until 1942 when members of his group were arrested by the Gestapo. He and Suzanne fled to the unoccupied zone until the end of the war. After the war, Beckett was awarded the Croix de Guerre for bra...
Beckett’s first publication, Molloy, enjoyed modest sales, but more importantly praise from French critics. Soon, Waiting for Godot, achieved quick success at the small Theatre de Babylone putting Beckett in the international spotlight. The play ran for 400 performances and enjoyed critical praise. Beckett wrote in both French and English, but his ...
The 1960s were a period of change for Beckett. He found great success with this plays across the world. Invitations came to attend rehearsals and performances which led to a career as a theater director. In 1961, he secretly married Suzanne who took care of his business affairs. A commission from the BBC in 1956 led to offers to write for radio and...
By the late 1980s, Beckett was in failing health and had moved to a small nursing home. Suzanne, his wife, had died in July 1989. His life was confined to a small room where he would receive visitors and write. He died on December 22, 1989, in a hospital of respiratory problems just months after his wife.
Learn about the life and works of Samuel Beckett, a 20th century Irish novelist, playwright and poet who wrote 'Waiting for Godot'. He married Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnuil, a piano student, after meeting her in Paris in 1937.
22 de dez. de 2014 · How did the women in Samuel Beckett's life shape his writing and personality? Learn about his birth, his mother, his wife, his lovers and his daughter on the 25th anniversary of his death.
22 de dez. de 2019 · Beckett survived the assault, went on to win the 1969 Nobel Prize for Literature, and kept going until his death, in the same area of the French capital on 22 December 1989, at the age of 83. At...
