The lingering shadow of childhood and the memory of youth, a Jew living in Hackney, East London, are all reflected in Pinter's later works. From September, 65438 to September, 0939, Pinter's childhood changed greatly after the evacuation of England. Thousands of children in London were sent to all parts of England, and Harold was sent to the countryside in Cornwall to live in Carl Hayes Castle with more than twenty other boys 1 year. Later, in order to avoid the German air strikes, he and his mother were forced to move from London to the English countryside several times, and he didn't return to London until 14 years old.
Pinter studied at Haclmey Downs Grammar School in London (1944-1948). There, he met a teacher, Joseph Bourelly, who benefited him all his life. It is because of Mr. Bourelly's constant encouragement that Pinter's love for literature and performance potential were stimulated, and he finally entered the art palace. From 65438 to 0948, Pinter entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. However, because I didn't like the learning atmosphere of the school and I was not interested in the courses offered by the college, I finally chose to drop out after two semesters. /kloc-when he was 0/8 years old, Pinter was tried twice for refusing to perform military service and was almost put in prison. The act of refusing military service actually expressed his firm attitude against meaningless war and remained unchanged for life.
195 1 year, Pinter came to the Central School of Speech and Drama in London to study. In the same year, he won a place in the famous Irish Eniu McMaster touring troupe, which is famous for performing Shakespeare's works and other classic plays.
1953, Pinter left Eniu McMaster touring troupe. Later, he worked as an actor in Donald W Fett Shakespeare Company and other performance companies, and changed his stage name to Baron David Barenkou Arbide.
In addition to acting, Pinter worked as a janitor, dishwasher, salesman, club waiter, street vendor and snow shovel to make a living when he was young. These life experiences become valuable materials for his future works.
1952, Pinter began to write the autobiographical novel Dwarf, which was not published until 1990. This novel is regarded as Pinter's memory of Hackney's youth.
The experience of being an actor not only broadened Pinter's horizons, greatly enriched his understanding of the drama stage, but also provided a rich reserve for his future drama creation, which enabled him to seize the sudden opportunity in 1957, complete the creation of his first work "Room" in four days, and successfully complete the transformation from an actor to a playwright.
From 65438 to 0959, the one-act drama The Vegetable Delivery Elevator, which premiered in Frankfurt, Germany, is Pinter's representative "threat comedy" and is considered to be the work most influenced by Beckett's creative thoughts. The treatment of "silence" in the play has achieved innovative dramatic effects. For example, the killer Goss kept asking questions to his companion Ben from the beginning, but Ben kept silent and didn't answer.
In 1960s, Pinter's drama creation entered the fast lane of development. The main drama works in this period turned to realism to express absurd spiritual connotation, and the mysterious and unrealistic factors were reduced, the threatening atmosphere was obviously weakened, and the language was more refined.
The Butler, written on 1960, is Pinter's second full-length play. It was the success of this play that established Pinter's important position in the history of British drama after World War II, and he was therefore called a "truly original" playwright by the critics at that time. The Butler has been staged in London for more than 400 consecutive performances, and won the "Standard Drama Award of the Night" with 1960 as the best screenplay.
From 1980s to 1990s, "With the opening of those closed rooms to the international community, Pinter redefined romantic love as a kind of more dynamic love, which includes friendship and the urgent requirement of promoting justice through actions". More and more people see that Pinter, as a public figure, is active in some public places, opposing and attacking all kinds of injustices around the world, such as dictatorship, prisoner abuse and abuse of power. The controversy in the critical circle has also started from this.
Many people question whether Pinter's strong moral belief and sense of justice will have a negative impact on his artistic creation, thus reducing the artistic value of his works. All kinds of injustices are everywhere in the real society, but how to reproduce these injustices artistically and how to deal with the relationship between art and reality has always been Pinter's concern. Over the years, he has been constantly looking for ways to combine the two organically, and through his unique artistic style to express the essence of a constantly changing "reality" in the real world.
Farewell wine (1984), Shanyu (1988), new world order (199 1), party time (199 1). At the end of the 20th century 10, Pinter created Moonlight (1993), Ash to Ash (1996) and Celebration (2000) respectively. After that, his thoughts and feelings were mainly manifested in poetry creation and political speeches.
If Pinter's artistic career begins with his performance experience, then his artistic creation should begin with poetry creation. Pinter has also talked about the important position of poetry creation in his mind many times. For example, in an interview with Bennsky, a reporter from Paris Review, Pinter mentioned that he had been writing during his time as an actor in the touring troupe, and wrote hundreds of poems and some essays, of which about 65,438+00 poems were published. Harold pinter finished the Celebration on 1999, and never wrote a script again. Announce a decision to terminate drama creation. After that, Pinter's interest turned more to poetry creation and social undertakings.
In 2005, Pinter won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
On February 24th, 65438, harold pinter died of cancer at his home in London at the age of 78 and was buried in Cancell Green Cemetery in northwest London.