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Harold Pinter (b1930)
Described as one of the most complex dramatists of his generation, Pinter was also one of Bill Brandt's favourites. Pinter was born in Hackney, a north east london working class suburb. evacuated from the city of London during the Blitz, he remained scarred by the event, as indeed Brandt was. Starting as a poet in the 1950, Pinter worked his way to full drama, appearing first as an actor and then became renowned for his tight dialogue and silences in such plays as No Man's Land (1975) and The Monologue (1973).
In 1960, his second full length play made his reputation, and he followed with several plays including The Homecoming (1965), a winner of the NY Drama critics Award, and Tony Award.
In 2002 he was made a Companion of Honour for services to literature. In an anti-war meeting at the House of Commons in November 2002 Pinter joined the world-wide debate over the war against Iraq. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005
