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Definition of pinter in English English dictionary
- English dramatist whose plays are characterized by silences and the use of inaction (born in 1930)
- Harold Pinter
- a British writer of plays, whose works include The Birthday Party and The Caretaker. His plays include very realistic conversations, with long silences, and show the misunderstandings and problems of communication in ordinary social situations (1930- ). born Oct. 10, 1930, London, Eng. British playwright and actor. Born into a working-class family, he acted with touring companies until 1959. His early one-act plays were followed by the full-length The Birthday Party (1958). His next major plays, The Caretaker (1960) and The Homecoming (1965), established his reputation as an innovative and complex dramatist, sometimes considered as belonging to the Theatre of the Absurd. He often used disjointed small talk and lengthy pauses in dialogue to convey a character's thought, which often contradicts his speech. Pinter's later plays include Old Times (1971), No Man's Land (1975), Betrayal (1978; film, 1983), Mountain Language (1988), and Moonlight (1993). He also wrote radio and television plays as well as screenplays for The Go-Between (1971) and The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
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Turkish - Turkish
Definition of pinter in Turkish Turkish dictionary
- harold pinter
- ihanet, Gitgel Dolap, Bir Tek Daha gibi oyunları dilimize de çevrilen ve bu yılki Nobel Edebiyat ödülü'nü kazanan ingiliz oyun yazarı