Beckett

I googled "Samuel Beckett" and discovered one very quirky fact about the author:

"In 1938 Beckett was badly stabbed in the chest by a pimp and nearly died. James Joyce paid for a private room in a hospital so he could recover. Later, after rejecting the advances of Joyce's daughter and refusing to marry her, the friendship between Beckett and Joyce cooled considerably." (http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/817661/samuel_beckett_facts_and_quotes.html)