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Writing in French vs English: Samuel Beckett — Samuel Beckett, whose first language was English, famously said that he chose to write in French because it allowed him to write “without style,” and made it easier to avoid the flourish and complexity that English allowed him. Surely part of this must have been simply that Becketts facility with French was less than with English, and perhaps a native French speaker might find a similar benefit from writing in English? Do some languages really lend...
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