The British playwright and author of such works as "The Homecoming," "The Birthday Party," and "The Dumb Waiter" was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2005. The Nobel judges said they were recognizing Pinter as a writer who "uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms." Pinter's Nobel Lecture – which was sharply critical of the US government for its 2003 invasion of Iraq – stirred controversy for what some saw as his "anti-Americanism."
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