Beckett, Samuel Barclay, 1906-1989 (author and dramatist)

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1906 - 1989

Biography

Samuel Beckett (1906-89 ), writer; Edward Dahlberg (1900-77), American writer, essayist

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

File

Samuel Beckett, As the story was told; edited by Christopher Ricks (Rampant Lions, 1987), 1978-2001

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9816/A/144

Scope and Contents Partial copy (manuscript and typescript); various proofs of text and notes, some marked; drawing, artwork and proofs for cover paper; trial settings; paste-up, marked; 'progress/advance copy'; correspondence, including manuscript copy for the notes and photographs of Beckett's original manuscript. Correspondents include Samuel Beckett, Fine Print magazine (Barbara Golden), Peter Gidal, Stephen Heath, Dan Pope, Reading University Library (Michael Bott), Christopher Ricks, George Steiner,...

Dates: 1978-2001

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Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS Add.9816, Rampant Lions Press Archive / Book printing

Series — Box: MS Add.9563: Box 1

Samuel Beckett, letter to Edward Dahlberg, May 1974

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9563/19

Scope and Contents

1 card, 6 May 1974, describing his relationship with Edward Titus, American director of Franco-American quarterly magazine 'The Quarter'

Dates: May 1974

Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS Add.9563, Miscellaneous accessions