Tangier / Samuel Beckett on Holidays | Photos by François-Marie Banier, 1978

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Tangier / Samuel Beckett on Holidays | Photos by François-Marie Banier, 1978
François-Marie Banier: Samuel BeckettTangier, Morocco, 1978
 
 
“The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.”
Samuel Beckett, Murphy, 1938
 
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Samuel Beckett, Tangier, Morocco (which he visited with his wife, Suzanne Deschevaux-Dumesnil), 1978 
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Samuel Beckett, Tangier, Morocco, 1978 – by François-Marie Banier
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François-Marie Banier: Samuel BeckettTangier, Morocco, 1978
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François-Marie Banier: Samuel BeckettTangier, Morocco, 1978
 
 
The photographer François-Marie Banier when he encountered Samuel Beckett 
on that waterfront promenade in 1978, he had no idea of his identity – he was simply
struck by the man’s heron gait and angular, striding figure. The two became friends,
remaining in touch until Beckett’s death.
 
 
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François-Marie Banier: Samuel BeckettTangier, Morocco, 1978
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François-Marie Banier: Samuel BeckettTangier, Morocco, 1978

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Also:
Book//mark – The Unnamable | Samuel Beckett, 1953
One evening | Samuel Beckett, 1929-89



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