Emilie Morin uncovers Beckett's Political Imagination in new book

Posted on 21 November 2017

Dr Emilie Morin, of the Department of English and Related Literature, sheds new light on acclaimed writer Samuel Beckett's interest in the political events of his time.

Beckett, who was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature, was alert to the political work of many groups and individuals, including Nelson Mandela, the British anti-apartheid movement, the Black Panthers and dissenters imprisoned by the Soviet regime. He also backed campaigns against censorship and supported international human rights movements.

Emilie Morin's book, Beckett’s Political Imagination, questions the established picture of Beckett as apolitical.

The full press release can be read on the University website.