Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter was born in East London in 1930. In 1995 he won the David Cohen British Literature Prize for a lifetime's achievement in literature; in 1996 he was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for a lifetime's achievement in theatre; and in 1997 he was named as the Sunday Times Writer of the Year. In 2002 he was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to literature. In 2005 Pinter was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote over 30 plays and screenplays, as well as books of poetry and fiction. Harold Pinter died in December 2008.
Some of the many tributes to Harold Pinter:
Audio snippets:
- 'Death' : poetryarchive.org 02.07.2009
- 'I Know the Place' : poetryarchive.org 02.07.2009
- 'Paris' : poetryarchive.org 02.07.2009
- 'New Year in the Midlands' : poetryarchive.org 02.07.2009
