Nobel laureate
Samuel Beckett — Nobel Prize in Literature 1969
“for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation”
Prize motivation
“for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation”
The Swedish Academy awarded Samuel Beckett the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation.
Other laureates of the 1960s
Sources & data
- Nobel Prize API (CC0).