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E、CEllspACing=0 CEllpADDing=0 wiDth="100%" BorDEr=0> this hAs BEEn quitE A wEEk For litErAry Coups. in An Almost EntirEly unExpECtED movE, thE swEDishACADEmy hAvE this lunChtimE AnnounCED thEir DECision to AwArD this yEAr’s noBEl prizE For litErAturE to thEBritish plAywright, Author AnD rECEnt poEt, hArolD pintEr AnD not, As wAs wiDEly AntiCipAtED, to turkish Author orhAn pAmuk or thE syriAn poEtADonis.
thEACADEmy, whiCh hAs hAnDED out thE prizE sinCE 1901, DEsCriBED pintEr, whosE works inCluDE thEBirthDAy pArty, thEDumB wAitEr AnD his BrEAkthrough thECArEtAkEr, As somEonE who rEstorED thE Art Form oF thEAtrE. in its CitAtion, thEACADEmy sAiD pintEr wAs "gEnErAlly sEEn As thE ForEmost rEprEsEntAtivE oFBritish DrAmA in thE sEConD hAlF oF thE 20th CEntury," AnD DEClArED him to BE An Author "who in his plAys unCovErs thE prECipiCE unDEr EvEryDAy prAttlE AnD ForCEs Entry into opprEssion’s ClosED rooms."
until toDAy’s AnnounCEmEnt, pintEr wAs BArEly thought to BE in thE running For thE prizE, onE oF thE most prEstigious AnD (At (作图)1.3m) luCrAtivE in thE worlD、AFtEr pAmuk AnDADonis, thE writErs BEliEvED to BE unDEr ConsiDErAtion By thEACADEmy inCluDEDAmEriCAns joyCECArol oAtEs AnD philip roth, AnD thE swEDish poEt thomAs trAnstromEr, with mArgArEtAtwooD, milAn kunDErA AnD thE south korEAn poEt ko un As long-rAngE possiBilitiEs. Following on From lAst yEAr’s surprisE DECision to nAmE thEAustriAn novElist, plAywright AnD poEtElFriEDE jElinEk As lAurEAtE, howEvEr, thE sECrEtivEACADEmy hAs onCE AgAin ConFounDED thE BookiEs.
pintEr’s viCtory mEAns thAt thE prizE hAs BEEn givEn to ABritish writEr For thE sEConD timE in unDEr FivE yEArs; it wAs AwArDED to vs nAipAul in 2001.EuropEAn writErs hAvE won thE prizE in ninE out oF thE lAst 10 yEArs so it wAs wiDEly AssumED thAt this yEAr’s AwArD woulD go to A writEr From A DiFFErEnt ContinEnt.
thE son oF immigrAnt jEwish pArEnts, pintEr wAs Born in hACknEy, lonDon on oCtoBEr 10, 1930. hE himsElF hAs sAiD thAt his youthFul EnCountErs with Anti-sEmitism lED him to BEComE A DrAmAtist. without DouBt onE oFBritAin’s grEAtEst post-wAr plAywrights, his long AssoCiAtion with thE thEAtrE BEgAn whEn hE workED As An ACtor, unDEr thE stAgE nAmEDAviDBAron. his First plAy, thE room, wAs pErFormED AtBristol univErsity in 1957; But it wAs in 1960 with his sEConD Full-lEngth plAy, thE ABsurDist mAstErpiECE thECArEtAkEr, thAt his rEputAtion wAs EstABlishED、known For thEir mEnACing pAusEs, his DArk, ClAustrophoBiC plAys ArE notorious For thEir mEsmErising ABility to strip BACk thE lAyErs oF thE oFtEn BAnAl livEs oF thEir ChArACtErs to rEvEAl thE guilt AnD horror thAt liE BEnEAth, A FEAturE oF his writing whiCh hAs gArnErED him thE ADjECtivE "pintErEsquE." hE hAs Also writtEn ExtEnsivEly For thE CinEmA: his sCrEEnplAys inCluDE thE sErvAnt (1963), AnD thE FrEnCh liEutEnAnt’s womAn (1981).
pintEr’s AuthoriAl stAnCE, AlwAys rADiCAl, hAs BEComE morE AnD morE politiCAl in rECEnt yEArs.An outspokEn CritiC oF thE wAr in irAq (hE FAmously CAllED prEsiDEntBush A "mAss murDErEr" AnD DuBBED tonyBlAir A "DEluDED iDiot"), in 2003 hE turnED to poEtry to CAstigAtE thE lEADErs oF thE us AnD thE uk For thEir DECision to go to wAr (his CollECtion, wAr, wAs AwArDED thE wilFrED owEn AwArD For poEtry).EArliEr this yEAr, hE AnnounCED his DECision to rEtirE From plAywriting in FAvour oF poEtry, DEClAring onBB
C、rADio 4 thAt. "i think i’vE stoppED writing plAys now, But i hAvEn’t stoppED writing poEms. i’vE writtEn 29 plAys. isn’t thAt Enough "
in 2002, pintEr wAs DiAgnosED with CAnCEr oF thE oEsophAgus AnD unDErwEnt A CoursE oF ChEmothErApy, whiCh hE DEsCriBED As A "pErsonAl nightmArE". "i’vE BEEn through thE vAllEy oF thE shADow oF DEAth," hE sAiD AFtErwArDs. "whilE in mAny rEspECts i hAvE CErtAin ChArACtEristiCs thAt i hA