{"id":1677,"date":"2021-04-09T11:48:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T10:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/?page_id=1677"},"modified":"2026-01-14T21:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:57:12","slug":"patrons-of-the-beckett-international-foundation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/patrons-of-the-beckett-international-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrons of the Beckett International Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since its inception in 1988, the Beckett International Foundation has had a distinguished list of patrons who have lent their support to the engagement with and study of the works of Samuel Beckett at the University of Reading<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Existing Patrons<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square\">\n<li>Walter Asmus<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-481 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/Unorganized\/beckett-publications-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/Unorganized\/beckett-publications-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/Unorganized\/beckett-publications.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>John Banville<\/li>\n<li>Edward Beckett<\/li>\n<li>Dr J. 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Gontarski<\/li>\n<li>Grey Gowrie<\/li>\n<li>John Haynes<\/li>\n<li>Nora Hickey M&#8217;Sichili, Directrice of the Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris<\/li>\n<li>Emeritus Professor James Knowlson OBE<\/li>\n<li>Barry McGovern<\/li>\n<li>His Excellency Dan Mulhall<\/li>\n<li>Professor Andrew Renton<\/li>\n<li>Erika Tophoven<\/li>\n<li>Ulla Unseld-Berkewicz<\/li>\n<li>Professor Robert Van de Noort, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Reading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">Past Patrons<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square\">\n<li>Edward Albee<\/li>\n<li>Anne Atik<\/li>\n<li>Paul Auster<\/li>\n<li>Louis Le Brocquy<\/li>\n<li>John Calder<\/li>\n<li>Professor Ruby Cohn<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-482 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/Unorganized\/beckett-research-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/Unorganized\/beckett-research-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/beckett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/Unorganized\/beckett-research.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Professor Martin Esslin OBE<\/li>\n<li>Matthew Evans<\/li>\n<li>Brian Friel<\/li>\n<li>Sir Joseph Gold<\/li>\n<li>Sir Peter Hall CBE<\/li>\n<li>Seamus Heaney<\/li>\n<li>Jocelyn Herbert ARCA<\/li>\n<li>J\u00e9r\u00f4me Lindon<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Minghella<\/li>\n<li>Charles Monteith<\/li>\n<li>Caroline (Beckett) Murphy<\/li>\n<li>Harold Pinter CBE<\/li>\n<li>Barney Rosset<\/li>\n<li>Tom Stoppard CBE<\/li>\n<li>Dorothy Tutin CBE<\/li>\n<li>Dr Siegfried Unseld<\/li>\n<li>Billie Whitelaw CBE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since its inception in 1988, the Beckett International Foundation has had a distinguished list of patrons who have lent their support to the engagement with and study of the works&#8230;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"&#104;&#116;&#116;&#112;&#115;&#58;&#47;&#47;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#114;&#101;&#97;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#46;&#97;&#99;&#46;&#117;&#107;&#47;&#98;&#101;&#99;&#107;&#101;&#116;&#116;&#47;&#112;&#97;&#116;&#114;&#111;&#110;&#115;&#45;&#111;&#102;&#45;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#45;&#98;&#101;&#99;&#107;&#101;&#116;&#116;&#45;&#105;&#110;&#116;&#101;&#114;&#110;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#97;&#108;&#45;&#102;&#111;&#117;&#110;&#100;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#47;\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":482,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1677","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - 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