Various Voices: Prose, Poetry, Politics 1948-1998: Poetry, Prose, Politics, 1948-98

Various Voices: Prose, Poetry, Politics 1948-1998: Poetry, Prose, Politics, 1948-98

by HaroldPinter (Author)

Synopsis

Although best known for his plays, Harold Pinter has also written an extensive and wide-ranging body of other work since 1948; prose, prose fiction, poetry and political writings. In this anthology Pinter presents his own selection, among which are A Note on Shakespeare (1950), a paean to the cricketer Len Hutton (1969), the short stories Kullus (1949) and Girls (1995), the poetry from School Life (1948), and political pieces - including many letters to the press - on the United States, Cuba, Kurdistan and Nicaragua.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 06 Sep 1999

ISBN 10: 0571197280
ISBN 13: 9780571197286

Author Bio
Harold Pinter was born in London in 1930. He lived with Antonia Fraser from 1975 and they married in 1980. In 1995 he won the David Cohen British Literature Prize, awarded for a lifetime's achievement in literature. In 1996 he was given the Laurence Olivier Award for a lifetime's achievement in theatre. In 2002 he was made a Companion of Honour for services to literature. In 2005 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and, in the same year, the Wilfred Owen Award for Poetry and the Franz Kafka Award (Prague). In 2006 he was awarded the Europe Theatre Prize and, in 2007, the highest French honour, the Legion d'honneur. He died in December 2008.