Irish Author Samuel Beckett

(Original Caption) Samuel Beckett, the publicity shy Irish-born author and 1969 winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, puffs a cigar and poses briefly Oct.25 in his hotel in Nabeul, a Mediterranean coastal resort, where he and his French-born wife, Suzanne, are resting. Beckett refused to discuss the $72,500-prize, but his Paris publisher indicated that Beckett would probably not attend the Stockholm ceremonies Dec.10.