Biography
Harold Pinter was an English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964) and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted for the screen. His screenplay adaptations of others' works include The Servant (1963), The Go-Between (1971), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), The Trial (1993) and Sleuth (2007). He also directed or acted in radio, stage, television and film productions of his own and others' works.
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Awards & recognition
- Europe Theatre Prize · 2006
- Franz Kafka Prize · 2005
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 2005
- America Award in Literature · 1995
- Austrian State Prize — European Literature · 1973
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- BAFTA Award — Best British Screenplay · 1965
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Companion of Honour
- Critics' Circle Award — Distinguished Service to the Arts
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Hermann Kesten Prize
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Laurence Olivier Awards
- Society of London Theatre Special Award
- Sretenje Order, 1st class
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1984 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1982 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Direction of a Play · 1969 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Play · 1962 · nominated
Filmography17 titles
The Servant
Wit
The Go-Between
Mansfield Park
Butley
The Pumpkin Eater
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Rogue Male
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Accident
Sleuth
The Last Tycoon
The Homecoming
The Handmaid's Tale
Betrayal
The Tailor of Panama
The Comfort of Strangers