Suzanne Deschevaux-Dumesnil

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Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnil^[1] was the tennis-partner-turned-wife of Samuel Beckett. Beckett, an avid tennis fan his whole life, chose Dechevaux-Dumesnil as his lover over the heiress Peggy Guggenheim. Six years older than Beckett, Dechevaux-Demesnil was an austere woman known for avante-garde tastes and left-wing politics. During Dechevaux's more than fifty year relationship with Beckett she maintained a private circle-of-friends, which perhaps explains why she is credited with having influenced him to produce more work.

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1. ^ Not Deschevaux-Dumesnil, though that spelling is very common. See picture of the Beckett Gravestone at http://www.samuel-beckett.net/samgrave.jpg~~~~