Letters reveal Beckett's anguish over his mother's death

Playwright Samuel Beckett wrote intimately about the death of his mother to life-long friends he met while evading Nazis, a collection opened up to the public for the first time shows.

Letters reveal Beckett's anguish over his mother's death

Playwright Samuel Beckett wrote intimately about the death of his mother to life-long friends he met while evading Nazis, a collection opened up to the public for the first time shows.

Some 347 letters and postcards from one of the last century’s most influential writers were sent to French artists Henri and Josette Hayden between 1947 and 1958.

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