Harold Pinter was born in London in 1930. He lived with Antonia Fraser from 1975 until his death on Christmas Eve 2008. (They were married in 1980).
Harold Pinter wrote 29 plays including: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, THE DUMB WAITER, A SLIGHT ACHE, THE HOTHOUSE, THE CARETAKER, THE COLLECTION, THE LOVER, THE HOMECOMING, OLD TIMES, NO MAN’S LAND, BETRAYAL, A KIND OF ALASKA, ONE FOR THE ROAD, THE NEW WORLD ORDER, MOONLIGHT, ASHES TO ASHES.
He directed 27 plays including: EXILES, OLEANNA, CELEBRATION, THE ROOM. He wrote 21 screenplays including: THE PUMPKIN EATER, THE SERVANT, THE GO-BETWEEN, THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN, SLEUTH.
Awards include the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Companion of Honour for services to Literature, the Legion D’Honneur, the European Theatre Prize, the Laurence Olivier Award and the Moliere D’Honneur for lifetime achievement. In 1999 he was made a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature.
