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(pĭn′tər), Harold 1930-2008. British playwright, screenwriter, and director whose plays, including The Birthday Party (1958) and The Dumb Waiter (1960), create an atmosphere of menace. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 2005.
Pin′ter·esque′ (-ĕsk′) adj.
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Pinter
(ˈpɪntə)n
(Biography) Harold. 1930–2008, English dramatist. His plays, such as The Caretaker (1959), The Homecoming (1964), No Man's Land (1974), Moonlight (1993), and Celebration (2000), are noted for their equivocal and halting dialogue: Nobel prize for literature 2005
ˌPinterˈesque adj
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Pin•ter
(ˈpɪn tər)n.
Harold, born 1930, English playwright.
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Noun | 1. | Pinter - English dramatist whose plays are characterized by silences and the use of inaction (born in 1930) |
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