He was awarded a CBE in 1966, the German Shakespeare Prize in 1970, the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 1973 and the David Cohen British Literature Prize in 1995. Bravo for the Nobel committee. Moreover, in these most distressful times,it is critical that people with strong voices speak out; Pinter has and continues to do this. 56,514 people are reading stories on the site right now. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party, The Homecoming, and Betrayal, each of which he adapted for the screen. Born: 10 October 1930, London, United Kingdom. Pinter was best know for his plays, including his 1960 breakthrough production The Caretaker, The Dumb Waiter and The Birthday Party. I cannot but wonder about the BBC article. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2005 was awarded to Harold Pinter "who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms". The brilliance of his earlier work has been obscured by a shrill moralizing tone. His screenplays for film and television, included the 1981 movie The French Lieutenant's Woman based on John Fowles' novel. Hyman (known as "Jack") was a tailor specializing in women's clothing and Frances was a homemaker. David Brown, Bristol UK, Bravo! Bravo!James Hulbert, Gainesville, FL, USA, More than deserved. [pause]Jill: Yes ... he waited long enough.Jack: I think... [pause]Jill: ...and pauses, he was good at that too.Jack: Yes.Jill: Yes. It's time Mr Pinter received the full recognition he has earned.Sam Blate, Near Washington, DC. British playwright Harold Pinter, this year’s Nobel laureate for literature, delivered a passionate, truthful and courageous acceptance speech to … Harold Pinter, Born: 10 October 1930, London, United Kingdom, Died: 24 December 2008, London, United Kingdom, Residence at the time of the award: United Kingdom, Prize motivation: "who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms". Harold Pinter is – with WB Yeats – one of two winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature to have lived and written in Chiswick. Frenchman Jean-Paul Sartre won the award in 1964 but declined it. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964), and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted for the screen. In its citation, the Nobel academy said Pinter was "generally seen as the foremost representative of British drama in the second half of the 20th century" and declared him to be an author "who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms". Pinter's plays are funny, poetic, enigmatic and tragic all at the same time. He was attracted to acting from an early age and his political activism was evident when in 1948 he refused, as a conscientious objector, to do National Service. The Nobel laureate Harold Pinter, one of the greatest playwrights of his generation, has died. Surely being controversial, should be one of the requirements for being a playwriter. His plays are murder to read and act - brilliant, absorbing to watch. Read about Alfred Nobel's Will and the Literature Prize. The playwright is known for speaking out on issues like the war on Iraq. He was presented the Nobel Prize in Literature in December 2005 and the French Légion d'honneur in January 2007. I hadn't realized until reading this piece just how much Pinter has written over the years. Pinter had a number of awards bestowed on him during a long and distinguished career, including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005. [longer pause]Jack: He waited long enough.Jill: Yes.Jack: Yes ... he did. All of it worthwhile. Not only did he attend the party for Toy Town but Mr Pinter was gracious enough to mount the podium and read to the attending throng. Died: 24 December 2008, London, United Kingdom.

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