Friday, July 11, 2025

Samuel Beckett - Novels, Plays, and Short Stories

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The famous Irish writer Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) wrote novels, plays, and short stories.

 

In addition, he sometimes worked as a director of some of his own plays.

 

Some of his products were written in English, while others were written in French and later translated into English by himself.

 

# 1. Novels

Murphy (1938)

Molloy (1951 French) (1955 English)

Malone Dies (1951 French) (1956 English)

The Unnamable (1953 French) (1958 English)

Watt (written during WW2) (published 1953)

 

# 2. Plays

Waiting for Godot (1953)

Endgame (1957)

Krapp’s Last Tape (1958)

Come and Go (1966)

(this is only a partial list)

 

# 3. Short Stories

Assumption (1929)

First Love (written 1946) (1970 French) (1973 English)

Neither (1970 French) (1971 English)

The Lost Ones (1970)

A collection of short stories published in 1990 has the following title: As the Story Was Told

 

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Waiting for Godot

A play by Samuel Beckett

written October 1948-January 1949

premiered on stage in France on

05 January 1953

 

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As the Story Was Told

A collection of short stories

by Samuel Beckett

published in 1990

 

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