Harold Pinter, 1973
English playwright and poet Harold Pinter, aged 43, in New York, in this Oct. 17, 1973 file photo. Pinter has won the 2005 Nobel Prize in literature. The Swedish Academy, awarding the prize, said Thursday Oct. 13, 2005 in Stockholm he was an author 'who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms.'