Question: Are Samuel Beckett and Will Durant both writers?

Context articles: LÉ Samuel Beckett (P61)
Samuel Beckett Award
Will Durant
Samuel Beckett
Act Without Words I
Footfalls
Not I
Samuel Beckett Bridge
Ernst Moerman
Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel

LÉ "Samuel Beckett" (P61) is a "Samuel Beckett"-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) of the Irish Naval Service.
 The ship was launched in November 2013 and commissioned in May 2014.
 She is named after Irish playwright and author Samuel Beckett.
The Samuel Beckett Award is a British award set up in 1983 and awarded to writers and directors, who in the opinion of a committee of critics, producers and publishers, showed excellence in writing or directing for the performing arts.
 The award was established in honour of Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet Samuel Beckett and in recognition of his distinctive contribution to world theatre and literature.
William James "Will" Durant ( ; November 5, 1885 – November 7, 1981) was an American writer, historian, and philosopher.
 He is best known for "The Story of Civilization", 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife, Ariel Durant, and published between 1935 and 1975.
 He was earlier noted for "The Story of Philosophy" (1926), described as "a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy".
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.
 It is a mime, Beckett's first (followed by "Act Without Words II").
 Like many of Beckett's works, the play was originally written in French ("Acte sans paroles I"), being translated into English by Beckett himself.
 It was written in 1956 following a request from the dancer Deryk Mendel and first performed on 3 April 1957 at the Royal Court Theatre in London.
 On that occasion it followed a performance of "Endgame".
 The original music to accompany the performance was written by composer John S. Beckett, Samuel's cousin, who would later collaborate with him on the radio play "Words and Music".
Footfalls is a play by Samuel Beckett.
 It was written in English, between 2 March and December 1975 and was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre as part of the Samuel Beckett Festival, on May 20, 1976 directed by Beckett himself.
 Billie Whitelaw, for whom the piece had been written, played May whilst Rose Hill voiced the mother.
Not I is a short dramatic monologue written in 1972 (March 20 to April 1) by Samuel Beckett which was premiered at the "Samuel Beckett Festival" by the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, New York (22 November 1972).
Samuel Beckett Bridge (Irish: "Droichead Samuel Beckett" ) is a cable-stayed bridge in Dublin that joins Sir John Rogerson's Quay on the south side of the River Liffey to Guild Street and North Wall Quay in the Docklands area.
Ernst Moerman (1897–1944) was a Belgian writer and film director.
 Poetry translated by Samuel Beckett (Louis Armstrong, p 86, The Collected Works of Samuel Beckett, Grove Press, NY 2012, ISBN  ).
The "Samuel Beckett"-class offshore patrol vessel is a class of offshore patrol vessels (OPV) ordered by the Irish Naval Service from October 2010.
 The first vessel is named "Samuel Beckett" , which is also the name given to the class.
 Construction on this first vessel commenced in November 2011, and it was commissioned in May 2014.
 The second vessel, LÉ "James Joyce" , was delivered in 2015 and the third, LÉ "William Butler Yeats" , was delivered in 2016.