Harold Pinter

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Harold Pinter was a Nobel Prize–winning British playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor renowned for his minimalist dialogue, tense silences, and influential works such as "The Birthday Party" and "The Homecoming."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nobel laureate in Literature
actor
human
playwright
poet
screenwriter
theatre director
awardReceived Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay
The Order of the Companions of Honour
surface form: Companion of Honour

European Theatre Prize
Laurence Olivier Award
Nobel Prize in Literature
Tony Award for Best Play
causeOfDeath liver cancer
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
dateOfBirth 1930-10-10
dateOfDeath 2008-12-24
educatedAt Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Harold Pinter self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pinter
genre drama
political drama
tragicomedy
givenName Harold
hasOccupation actor
playwright
poet
screenwriter
theatre director
influenced contemporary British theatre
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Theatre of the Absurd
postmodernism
name Harold Pinter self-link
notableWork A Kind of Alaska
Accident (screenplay)
Ashes to Ashes
Betrayal
Celebration
Landscape
Mountain Language
Night
No Man's Land
Old Times
One for the Road
Party Time
Silence
The Birthday Party
The Caretaker
The Collection
The Dumb Waiter
The French Lieutenant's Woman
surface form: The French Lieutenant's Woman (screenplay)

The Go-Between
surface form: The Go-Between (screenplay)

The Homecoming
The Hothouse
The Lover
Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time
surface form: The Proust Screenplay

The Pumpkin Eater (screenplay)
The Room
The Servant (screenplay)
placeOfBirth England
London Borough of Hackney
surface form: Hackney

London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom
placeOfDeath England
London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom
sexOrGender male
spouse Antonia Fraser
Vivien Merchant
style menacing atmosphere
minimalist dialogue
strategic silences

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RSL Benson Medal notableRecipient Harold Pinter