Dublin University Cricketers: Samuel Beckett, Jim Ganly, Thomas Arnold Harvey, Lucius Gwynn, Augustine Kelly, Arthur Gwynn, Billy King

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Achey Kelly, Arnold Harvey, Arthur Gwynn, Augustine Kelly, Bernard Quinlan, Billy King (cricketer), Charles McCausland, Clement Johnson, Cuthbert Peacocke, Dan Comyn, Derrick Hall (cricketer), Derrick Kennedy, Ernest Ensor, George Edward Pugin Meldon, George Harman, Gustavus Kelly, Harry Forsyth, Hugh T. Baker, Jacko Heaslip, Jack Lawrence (cricketer), James Ennis, Jim Ganly, John Brunskill, John David Gwynn, Leland Hone, Lucius Gwynn, Myer Hoffman, Patrick Dixon (cricketer), Patrick Quinlan (cricketer), Robert Gwynn, Samuel Beckett, Shaun Jeffares, Thomas Carey (cricketer), Thomas Dixon (cricketer), Wentworth Allen, Wilfred Hutton, William Crozier (cricketer), William MacCarthy-Morrogh. Excerpt: Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 - 22 December 1989) was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet, who lived in Paris for most of his adult life and wrote in both English and French. His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour. Beckett is widely regarded as among the most influential writers of the 20th century. Strongly influenced by James Joyce, he is considered one of the last modernists. As an inspiration to many later writers, he is also sometimes considered one of the first postmodernists. He is one of the key writers in what Martin Esslin called the Theatre of the Absurd. His work became increasingly minimalist in his later career. Beckett was awarded 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. He was elected Saoi of Aosdana in 1984. The Becketts were members of the Anglican Church of Ireland. The family home, Cooldrinagh in the Dublin suburb of Foxrock, was a large house and garden complete with...