Mark Nixon
Associate Professor in Modern Literature at the University of Reading and co-director of the Beckett International Foundation
1 episode
Covers topics in categories such as:
CultureFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesNobel laureates in LiteratureExistentialistsIrish male dramatists and playwrightsAlumni of Trinity College DublinModernist writers20th-century essayistsIrish expatriates in FrancePhilosophers of pessimismIrish male novelists20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights, 20th-century Irish male writers, 20th-century Irish poetsIrish Nobel laureates, Irish modernist poetsScholars of Trinity College DublinBurials at Montparnasse CemeteryAbsurdist writersFrench Resistance membersWriters from Dublin (city)Prix Italia winnersFormer Anglicans20th-century Irish novelists, 20th-century Irish short story writers, Irish male short story writersPeople with Parkinson's diseaseIrish writers in French, People educated at Portora Royal SchoolIrish essayistsAcademics of Trinity College DublinAnti-natalists
Samuel Beckett
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of the author of Waiting for Godot, who lived in Paris and wrote in French as he found that more difficult than writing in English
17 January 2019
Also featuring: Steven Connor, Laura Salisbury
CultureIrish male dramatists and playwrightsIrish Nobel laureates, Irish modernist poetsFormer Anglicans20th-century Irish novelists, 20th-century Irish short story writers, Irish male short story writersPeople with Parkinson's diseasePhilosophers of pessimismIrish writers in French, People educated at Portora Royal SchoolAlumni of Trinity College DublinIrish male novelistsIrish essayistsScholars of Trinity College DublinModernist writersBurials at Montparnasse CemeteryIrish expatriates in FranceAcademics of Trinity College DublinAnti-natalistsAbsurdist writersFrench Resistance membersNobel laureates in LiteratureFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesWriters from Dublin (city)20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights, 20th-century Irish male writers, 20th-century Irish poetsPrix Italia winners20th-century essayistsExistentialists20th centuryIrelandMedicine