ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Harold Pinter CH CBE (/ˈpɪntər/; 10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Harold Pinter was a British writer, born in London where he lived his whole life. He grew up in a working-class neighborhood in the Hackney district, the son of Jewish immigrants. World War II and the prevailing anti-Semitic sentiment have characterized his writing.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 13 October 2005, the Swedish Academy announced that the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature was to be awarded to the English writer Harold Pinter.

Detailed explanation-4: -Harold Pinter, (born Oct. 10, 1930, London, Eng.-died Dec. 24, 2008, London), English playwright, who achieved international renown as one of the most complex and challenging post-World War II dramatists.

Detailed explanation-5: -At the age of 14, he returned to London. “The condition of being bombed has never left me, ” Pinter later said. Pinter was educated at Hackney Downs Grammar School, where he acted in school productions. At school one of Pinter’s main intellectual interests was English literature, particularly poetry.