
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 playwrights20th-century essayistsAlumni of Trinity College DublinModernist writersIrish expatriates in France20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights, 20th-century Irish male writers, 20th-century Irish poetsIrish male novelistsPhilosophers of pessimismPrix Italia winnersAbsurdist writersBurials at Montparnasse CemeteryScholars of Trinity College DublinWriters from Dublin (city)Irish Nobel laureates, Irish modernist poetsFrench Resistance membersFormer AnglicansPeople with Parkinson's diseaseIrish essayists20th-century Irish novelists, 20th-century Irish short story writers, Irish male short story writersIrish writers in French, People educated at Portora Royal SchoolAcademics 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
Culture20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights, 20th-century Irish male writers, 20th-century Irish poetsNobel laureates in LiteratureExistentialistsPrix Italia winnersAbsurdist writersFormer AnglicansPeople with Parkinson's diseaseIrish male dramatists and playwrightsIrish essayistsBurials at Montparnasse Cemetery20th-century Irish novelists, 20th-century Irish short story writers, Irish male short story writersIrish writers in French, People educated at Portora Royal SchoolFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAcademics of Trinity College Dublin20th-century essayistsScholars of Trinity College DublinWriters from Dublin (city)Irish Nobel laureates, Irish modernist poetsFrench Resistance membersIrish expatriates in FranceIrish male novelistsAlumni of Trinity College DublinAnti-natalistsModernist writersPhilosophers of pessimism