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Britain's Pinter awarded Nobel for literature.(Harold Pinter)
Byline: Tom Hundley
LONDON _ Harold Pinter, Britain's most celebrated playwright and a bitter critic of the Bush administration, was the surprise choice Thursday for the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature.
In addition to writing more than two dozen plays, Pinter, who turned 75 Monday, has taken turns as an actor, director and screenwriter. His best-known works are "The Caretaker," "The Homecoming" and "Betrayal," dark dramas in which the real action seems to be taking place beneath the surface of words. He also wrote the screenplay for "The French Lieutenant's Woman."
Earlier this year, after being treated for throat cancer, Pinter hinted that he had written his last play and would devote his energies to poetry and political activism.
In its award citation Thursday, the Swedish Academy said "Pinter restored theater to its basic elements: an enclosed space and unpredictable dialogue, where people are at the mercy of each other and pretense crumbles."
The award committee also noted his efforts in promoting human rights.…
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