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Harold Pinter
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10 October 1930 - 24 December 2008
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Harold Pinter was born on October 10, 1930 in London. His father worked as a tailor and his mother was a housewife.
Harold began his career in Ireland in 1951. There he worked in an old-fashioned theater company led by Anew Maxmaster. Two years later, Pinter decides to join the Donald Wolfitt troupe, which preferred the classical repertoire. The first play of the young author was staged in May 1957, it was called “Room”. After her, Harold Pinter began to be talked about as a talented playwright.
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Harold Pinter was born on October 10, 1930 in London. His father worked as a tailor and his mother was a housewife.
Harold began his career in Ireland in 1951. There he worked in an old-fashioned theater company led by Anew Maxmaster. Two years later, Pinter decides to join the Donald Wolfitt troupe, which preferred the classical repertoire.
The first play of the young author was staged in May 1957, it was called “Room”. After her, Harold Pinter began to be talked about as a talented playwright.
According to the script by Pinter in 1976, the film The Last Mogul was staged. He also wrote the script for the well-known film “The French Lieutenant’s Lover” based on the novel by John Fausle. In 1990, Pinter adapted the script for Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Story. In 1996, the author took part in the film adaptation of the novel “The Process” by Franz Kafka.
In 1999, the playwright released a collection of contemporary prose titled Stop on Demand. In 2003, he published a new collection of poems called “War”. In his work, the author reflects the attitude towards the American-British invasion of Iraq. The collection received a poetic award named after Wilfred Owen. He wrote his last play in 2000, titled In Search of Lost Time.
In 2005, Harold Pinter received the Nobel Prize in Literature for his work.
In the spring of 2005, Harold announced that he would no longer write plays, but would continue to work in other genres, most notably poetry.