The award, launched in 2009 in Pinter’s memory which in the past has been conferred to authors such as Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie and Tom Stoppard, is attributed every year to a writer from England, Ireland or a country belonging to the Commonwealth. As Harold declared is his Nobel acceptance speech, the “award casts an
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Pinter at the Pinter
Twenty works by the British playwright Harold Pinter will be performed at the London theatre named after him on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of his death on Christmas eve 2008. The unprecedented event will take place between September 6th 2018 and February 23rd 2019 at the Harold Pinter Theatre under the artistic guide
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Lady Antonia Fraser
The death of Harold Pinter was announced by Antonia Margaret Caroline Pakenham on Christmas Day 2008. She did so with a letter to The Guardian. Just a few words, expressing the privilege of having lived with the great English playwright for over 35 years. Better known as Lady Antonia Fraser, due to the surname
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Lady Antonia Fraser: in the Holy Land with Harold
On 8th May 1978 Harold Pinter and Antonia Fraser took off for Israel.
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Michael Longley has been awarded the PEN Pinter Prize 2017
“Harold Pinter was a great playwright. I have loved and admired his work for many years.
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