Pinter to be awarded Nobel Prize for literature today

British playwright Harold Pinter will today be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.

Pinter to be awarded Nobel Prize for literature today
Sat, 10 Dec, 2005 - 08:44
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British playwright Harold Pinter will today be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.

However, the 75-year-old is too ill to attend the event in Sweden as he is recovering from cancer of the oesophagus.

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