英美文学Presentation of Harold Pinter 品特·哈罗德个人介绍.pptxVIP

;Harold Pinter 品特·哈罗德* Born 10 Oct 1930 in East London* A Jewish family* Died from cancer in 24 December 2008(aged 78)* Playwright, director, actor, poet and political activist* Regarded as a Britains most important playwright after George Bernard Shaw （萧伯纳）;After publishing poetry and acting in school plays as a teenager in London, Pinter began his professional theatrical career in 1951, touring throughout Ireland. Young Pinter earned his life by doing all kinds of part-time jobs such as janitor and dishwashers, salesman, waiter, street vendors, cleaner and so on. In 1957, He spent only four days finishing his first work , The room and successfully transformed himself from an actor to a playwright. ;Pinter‘s plays can be divided into three periods. His early works were described as “comedy of menace“（威胁喜剧）Pinteresque Style(品特风格). His middle plays such as No Mans Land and Betrayal became known as memory plays“ and realistic such as The Lover. Works of these two periods contain his philosophical thinking. In his creation of the late, political tendency is evident.; Biography; Shakespeare Prize (Hamburg) 1970; Pinter received over 50 awards, prizes, and other honors. Besides, he obtained 20 honorary degrees from 14 universities. In 2005, Harold Pinter was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. In announcing the award, Horace Engdahl, Chairman of the Swedish Academy, said that he was an artist “who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression’s closed rooms”. 颁奖仪式上，瑞典皇家学院表示：“Pinter使剧院恢复了其原有的基本原理：一个封闭的空间和不可预知的对白，在那里人们相互支配，虚伪最终崩溃。”诺贝尔奖委员会还肯定了Pinter在推动人权方面所付出的的努力。 ;In 1958 Pinter wrote the following:;Thank you!