Um dos meus dramaturgos preferidos, juntamente com Beckett, Mamet, Sheppard, Horovitz entre poucos mais. Foi reconhecido o seu talento em vida, tendo-lhe sido atribuído o prémio Nobel em 2005. Morreu no dia 24 de Dezembro, deixou as peças cheios de gritos de alerta pela falta de dignidade da vida humana.
Um pequeno excerto do discurso de Pinter na Academia Sueca, onde o dramaturgo chamou terrorista ao governo de Bush e Blair. Pode ser ouvido na totalidade aqui. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2005/pinter-lecture-e.html .
"The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law. The invasion was an arbitrary military action inspired by a series of lies upon lies and gross manipulation of the media and therefore of the public; an act intended to consolidate American military and economic control of the Middle East masquerading - as a last resort - all other justifications having failed to justify themselves - as liberation. A formidable assertion of military force responsible for the death and mutilation of thousands and thousands of innocent people."
