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Suzanne Georgette Anna Déchevaux-Dumesnil (7 January 1900 [1] – 17 July 1989) [2][3] was a French pianist who was the lover and later wife of writer Samuel Beckett. Relationship with Beckett. In the 1930s, Beckett chose Déchevaux-Dumesnil as his lover over the heiress Peggy Guggenheim.
His parents were both 35 when he was born, [4] and had married in 1901. Beckett had one older brother named Frank Edward (1902–1954). At the age of five, he attended a local playschool in Dublin, where he started to learn music, and then moved to Earlsfort House School near Harcourt Street in Dublin.
Suzanne Georgette Anna Déchevaux-Dumesnil (7 January 1900 – 17 July 1989) was the lover and later wife of Samuel Beckett.
Mary Beckett was a devoted wife and mother, who spent good times with her two sons in both training and hobbies. His father shared his love of nature, fishing, and golf with his children. Both parents were strict and devoted Protestants.
Jul 23, 2014 · Beckett and his future wife Suzanne escaped from the Gestapo by the skin of their teeth (Rex Features) Other interviews with Jeannine Picabia are more revealing.
- James Knowlson
Dec 22, 2014 · On the 25th anniversary of Samuel Beckett's death, Jonathan de Burca Butler examines how the women in the writer's life helped to shape him.
Sep 26, 2020 · Suzanne Déchevaux-Dumesnil (1900 – 17 July 1989) was the tennis-partner, lover, and later wife of Samuel Beckett. In the 1930s, Beckett, an avid tennis fan his whole life, chose Déchevaux-Dumesnil as his lover over the heiress Peggy Guggenheim.
