Samuel Beckett manuscripts relating to Lessness

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Samuel Beckett manuscripts relating to Lessness

1970

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4231740

Holograph and typescript notes, manuscripts, galley and page proofs with annotations and corrections, signed, of Lessness, Beckett's translation of his French work Sans. Accompanied by a copy of the 1970 May 1 issue of The New Statesman, signed by Beckett, in which Lessness was first published; and two envelopes addressed by Beckett in which the material was sent to New Haven.

0.20 linear ft. (1 box)

eng, Latn

fre, Latn

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8019719

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beckett, Samuel Barclay, 1906-1989

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Samuel Barclay Beckett was born on Good Friday, April 13, 1906, in Foxrock, Ireland, near Dublin. He studied modern languages at Trinity College in Dublin and graduated in 1927. The following year, Beckett went to Paris, where he quickly became acquainted with a group of avant-garde artists, including James Joyce. There, Beckett taught English at the École Normale Superieure in Paris for two years before returning to Trinity College to teach French in 1930. He left Trinity College after one year...