Background
Knowlson, James Rex was born on August 6, 1933 in Ripley, Derbyshire, England. Son of Francis Frederick and Elizabeth Mary (Platt) Knowlson.
(Samuel Beckett's long-standing friend, James Knowlson, re...)
Samuel Beckett's long-standing friend, James Knowlson, recreates Beckett's youth in Ireland, his studies at Trinity College, Dublin in the early 1920s and from there to the Continent, where he plunged into the multicultural literary society of late-1920s Paris. The biography throws new light on Beckett's stormy relationship with his mother, the psychotherapy he received after the death of his father and his crucial relationship with James Joyce. There is also material on Beckett's six-month visit to Germany as the Nazi's tightened their grip. The book includes unpublished material on Beckett's personal life after he chose to live in France, including his own account of his work for a Resistance cell during the war, his escape from the Gestapo and his retreat into hiding. Obsessively private, Beckett was wholly committed to the work which eventually brought his public fame, beginning with the controversial success of "Waiting for Godot" in 1953, and culminating in the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. James Knowlson is the general editor of "The Theatrical Notebooks of Samuel Beckett".
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Knowlson, James Rex was born on August 6, 1933 in Ripley, Derbyshire, England. Son of Francis Frederick and Elizabeth Mary (Platt) Knowlson.
Bachelor (honours), Reading University, England, 1956. Diploma in Education, Reading University, England, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Reading University, England, 1964.
D in Literature (honorary), Reading University, England, 2006.
Assistant master Ashville college, Harrogate, England, 1959-1960. Assistant lecturer in French Glasgow University, 1960-1963, lecturer in French, 1963-1969, Reading University, 1969-1975, senior lecturer, reader in French, 1975-1981, professor of French studies, 1981-1994, part-time professor French studies, 1994-1998, professor emeritus, since 1998. Leverhulme research fellow United Kingdom, 1975-1976.
Director Beckett International Foundation, 1988-1994, founder, advisor, since 1994. Fellow National Humanities Center United States of America, 2002-2003, Leverhulme emeritus research fellow, 2003-2004.
(Samuel Beckett's long-standing friend, James Knowlson, re...)
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Married Elizabeth Selby Coxon, August 2, 1958. Children: Gregory Michael, Richard Paul, Laura Elizabeth.