Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party, The Homecoming and Betrayal. Pinter received over 50 awards, prizes, and other honours, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2005 and the French Légion d’honneur in 2007. He died from liver cancer on 24 December 2008 at the age of 80.
