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1. research.reading.ac.uk › beckett › the-beckettThe Beckett Collection - The Samuel Beckett Research Centre

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   Books from Beckett’s personal library and many signed editions. Posters, photographs, ephemera and paintings (several presented to the collection by Beckett himself). Audio and video recordings.

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2. collections.reading.ac.uk › special-collectionsKnowlson, James & Elizabeth – Archive and Library

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   This includes original manuscripts, interviews with friends and colleagues of Beckett’s, over 6500 letters to more than 160 recipients, including nearly 200 to James Knowlson himself, and Knowlson’s research files.

3. www.bookseriesinorder.com › james-beckerJames Becker - Book Series in Order

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   Complete order of James Becker books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.

4. collections.reading.ac.uk › special-collectionsBeckett Collection – Collections – Special Collections

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   photographs, films and sound recordings relating to Beckett’s work. published works, many of which are available on open access, including 500 editions of his work in more 20 languages, 1000 critical and biographical works, journals, offprints and dissertations.

5. archive.org › details › becketttrilogy0000beckThe Beckett trilogy : Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 : Free ...

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   Nov 15, 2022 · Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2022-11-15 07:01:21 Associated-names Bowles, Patrick; Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.

6. archive.org › details › damnedtofamelife00knowDamned to fame : the life of Samuel Beckett : Knowlson, James ...

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   Sep 9, 2010 · Includes bibliographical references (p. 747-762) and index. Damned to Fame follows the reclusive literary giant's life from his birth in Foxrock, a rural suburb of Dublin, in 1906 to his death in Paris in 1989.

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   What is the Samuel Beckett Collection?

   • The Samuel Beckett Collection supports the work of the University’s Samuel Beckett Research Centre and the Beckett International Foundation. It includes ongoing projects such as Staging Beckett, which has created a database of productions of Beckett’s work in the UK and Ireland. Some manuscripts from the collection are available online as part of the Samuel Beckett Digitisation Project.

   Beckett Collection – Collections – Special Collections

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   How many manuscripts did John Beckett have?

   • John Beckett's collection includes over 600 manuscripts and typescripts such as drafts, annotated copies, and corrected copies. The collection also features notebooks including the drafts of Beckett’s first novel, Murphy. Additionally, there are artworks presented to the collection by Beckett himself, including framed works by Avigdor Arikha, Geer van Velde, and Henri Hayden.

   Beckett Collection – Collections – Special Collections

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   Where can I find a Beckett manuscript?

   • Most of the manuscript and typescript items obtained during the 20th century are described in Beckett at Reading: catalogue of the Beckett manuscript collection at the University of Reading, compiled by Mary Bryden, Julian Garforth, Peter Mills (Whiteknights Press and the Beckett International Foundation, 1998).

   The Beckett Collection - The Samuel Beckett Research Centre

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   Who was Samuel Beckett?

   • Samuel Beckett was a Nobel Prize winning author. Our collection of resources relating to him is the largest in the world and officially Designated by Arts Council England as an outstanding collection.

   Beckett Collection – Collections – Special Collections

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   Why is Beckett's Collection important?

   • It has also been recognised as being of national and international importance by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council of Britain. The collection originated in an exhibition organised by James Knowlson in 1971, for which Beckett and his friends donated materials. Beckett's support of the collection continued until his death in 1989.

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   Who is in Beckett's Collection?

   • Beckett's Collection includes artworks by Avigdor Arikha, Geer van Velde and Henri Hayden, which were presented to the collection by Beckett himself. We also hold several other Beckett-related collections, the most notable of which are the archive of James and Elizabeth Knowlson and the papers of Billie Whitelaw and Katharine Worth.

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8. research.reading.ac.uk › research-blog › 2020/02/24How the world’s largest Samuel Beckett collection came to Reading

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   Feb 24, 2020 · Manuscripts, notebooks and papers relating to world-famous novelist and playwright Samuel Beckett go on display at the University library today to mark its official re-opening. Beckett’s biographer Professor James (Jim) Knowlson tells the story of how the University of Reading became home to the biggest collection of Beckett materials in the ...