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Samuel Beckett
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He was neighbors with the family of famed wrestler Andre The Giant. Beckett would drive Andre to school when he too grew large for the school bus.
During World War II he fought in the French Resistance against the Nazi occupation. The Nazis found out about him and put a price on his head.
Buried in the exclusive "Montparnasse" cemetery Paris, France.
The University of Dublin -Trinity College named its theater after him. It is the campus theater of the University's School of Drama.
Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, volume 61, pg. 64-73. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1998.
His friendship with
Harold Pinter
(and their surprising shared love of cricket) is the subject of the 2022 play "Stumped" by Shomit Dutta.
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