Samuel Beckett was awarded the nobel prize for literature n 1969; his literary output of plays, novels, stories and poetry has earned him an uncontested place as one of the greatest writers of our time. "Endgame, " Origi...Samuel Beckett was awarded the nobel prize for literature n 1969; his literary output of plays, novels, stories and poetry has earned him an uncontested place as one of the greatest writers of our time. "Endgame, " Originally written in French and translated into English by beckett himself, is considered by many critics to be his greatest single work.