2005 Nobel Literature Prize

[Cyrus]

And the prize goes to Harold Pinter.

[ QUOTE ]
Pinter recently turned his attention to the war in Iraq. He has been an outspoken critic of British Prime Minister Tony Blair and vehemently opposed Britain's involvement in the war.
<font color="white"> . </font>
In a February interview with the BBC, he said he would continue writing poems but was taking a break from plays.
<font color="white"> . </font>
"My energies are going in different directions, certainly into poetry," he said. "But also, as I think you know, over the last few years I've made a number of political speeches at various locations and ceremonies."
<font color="white"> . </font>
"I'm using a lot of energy more specifically about political states of affairs, which I think are very, very worrying as things stand."


[/ QUOTE ]