Michael Mark Brodsky is known for his translation of Norwegian avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and the poet who wrote the short play Act Without Words I.
 He is best known for his novels, and for his translation of Samuel Beckett's "Eleuthria". 
Samuel Barclay Beckett ( ; 13 April 1906  22 December 1989) was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet, who lived in Paris for most of his adult life and wrote in both English and French. 
Act Without Words I is a short play by Samuel Beckett. 
