Novels ofSamuel Barclay Beckett, Irish writer, includeMurphyin 1938 andMalone Diesin 1951; a wider audience know his absurdist plays, such asWaiting for Godotin 1952 andKrapp's Last Tapein 1959, and he won the Nobel Prize of 1969 for literature.Samuel Barclay Beckett, an avant-garde theater director...