British playwright Harold Pinter, a master of sparse dialog and menacing silences who has been an outspoken war critic, was the surprise winner of the Nobel literature prize on Thursday.
The 75-year-old Londoner, son of a Jewish dressmaker, is one of Britain’s best-known dramatists for plays, like The Birthday Party and The Caretaker, whose mundane dialog with sinister undercurrents gave rise to the adjective “Pinteresque”.
An intimidating presence with bushy eyebrows and a rich voice, he was described by Swedish Academy head Horace Engdahl, who announced the prize, as “the towering figure” in English drama in the second half of the 20th century.
Pinter told Reuters Television he was overwhelmed by the news: “I haven’t had time to think about it, but I am very, very moved. It was something I did not expect at all at any time.”
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Sumber: Widiati, Utami, Zuliati Rohmah, dan Furaidah. 2017. Bahasa Inggris XII. Jakarta: Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan.
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