Born into a Jewish family in Dublin, Ireland, my father was a surveyor and my mother was a devout believer. When I was traveling in Paris as a student, I met James Joyce, a famous Irish writer who lived in Paris, and served as his secretary. 1927 graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a master's degree in French and Italian. From 65438 to 0928, he taught at Paris Teachers College and Paris University, and met Irish novelist James Joyce. Beckett, who is proficient in several languages, was appointed as the assistant of Joyce, who was blind, and was responsible for sorting out the manuscript of finnigan's Wake. His early critical works include Dante, Bruno, Vico, Joyce and Proust. 193 1 returned to Dublin, taught French at Trinity College, studied under the French philosopher Descartes, and obtained a master's degree in philosophy. 1932 roaming Europe. 1937 He wrote in a letter to a friend: "It has become very difficult for me to write in standard English, even meaningless. Grammar and form! In my opinion, they are as backward as Victorian bathrobes and gentlemanly manners. " And claimed: "For the sake of beauty, attack the word." 1938 settled in Paris and published his first novel Murphy. During the German occupation of France, because of participating in the resistance movement, it was chased by fascists and forced to live in seclusion in the countryside as an agricultural worker. 1945, he returned to Ireland to take part in the work of the Red Cross for a short time, and returned to Paris to become a professional writer shortly after the end of World War II. He has a strong interest in painting art and has written a lot of comments and essays centered on painting art. After entering the 1950s, Beckett realized that his novel experiment was impossible, so he began to turn to drama creation. 1953, Waiting for Godot shocked the literary world. 1969, Beckett won the Nobel Prize in Literature. After he got the Nobel Prize in Literature, he accepted the prize money, but he didn't attend the award ceremony, because then he wouldn't have to make a public speech. In addition, his non-fiction works include three dialogues and broken fragments. Beckett 1980 opened with a monologue: "To live is to die". "Beckett solved the existentialism that took an hour to clarify at the Edinburgh Drama Festival in one sentence." Although discussing human nothingness, Beckett is haggling over every ounce. 1989 65438+On February 22nd, Beckett died in Paris, France.