Honors and awards to Harold Pinter

Honors and awards to Harold Pinter lists prizes and other honors and awards received by English playwright Harold Pinter (in chronological order). Pinter declined a British knighthood in 1996, when it was offered to him on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II by British Prime Minister John Major, then leader of the Conservative Party (UK).Michael White, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/monarchy/story/0,2763,738004,00.html "Queen's Birthday Honours: Arise Sir Mick, But Pinter Takes Surprise Top Honour"] , "The Guardian" 15 June 2002, accessed 16 Dec. 2007.] Despite his declining it, many in the media (both in the UK and elsewhere) still refer erroneously to Pinter as "Sir Harold Pinter." [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/12/nart312.xml "Library Buys Harold Pinter Archive for £1m"] , "The Daily Telegraph" (London) 11 Dec. 2007, accessed 16 Dec. 2007, announcing the British Library's acquisition of his literary archive.] Charlie Rose, in [http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2008/03/24/2/a-conversation-with-actor-ian-mcshane "A Conversation with Actor Ian McShane" (Max)] , "Charlie Rose", PBS, broadcast of 24 Mar. 2008, accessed 25 Mar. 2008. ("A conversation with actor Ian McShane about his role in the 40th Anniversary Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming.")]

In addition to having already been made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1966, he accepted the award of Companion of Honour (CH) for services to Literature from the British monarch in 2002. He was presented the Nobel Prize in Literature in December 2005 and the French Légion d'honneur in January 2007 and awarded his 17th and 18th academic Honorary degrees, at the University of Leeds, in April 2007 (in person), at which its Humanities faculty processed in full academic garb just to present this honorary degree to Pinter, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_yorkshire/6553099.stm "Pinter Receives Honorary Degree"] , "BBC News" 13 Apr. 2007, accessed 8 Oct. 2007.] and at the University of Cambridge, in June 2008 (in absentia).Cite web|url=http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2008022602|title=News and Events: Cambridge Honorary Degrees 2008|date=2008-02-27|accessdate=2008-06-23|quote=Harold Pinter, playwright, actor and director (Doctor of Letters). ... Honorary Degrees [were] conferred at a special Congregation ... held in the Senate House on Monday 23 June. [Pinter did not attend the ceremony due to ill health.] ] In December 2007, the British Library announced that it had acquired his literary archive for over £1.1 million (approx. $2.24 million) on behalf of the British nation. Honors and awards granted to Pinter most often recognize his international importance and his reach beyond national and regional boundaries.

Awards

*CBE, 1966
*Shakespeare Prize (Hamburg), 1970
*European Prize for Literature (Vienna), 1973
*Pirandello Prize (Palermo), 1980
*Chilean Order of Merit, 1992
*The David Cohen Prize, 1995
*Honorary fellow of Queen Mary, University of London
*Laurence Olivier Special Award, 1996
*Molière d'honneur, Paris, in recognition of his life's work, 1997
*Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence, 1997
*BAFTA Fellowship, 1997
*Companion of Literature, RSL, 1998
*The Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts, 2000
*Brianza Poetry Prize (Italy), 2000
*South Bank Show Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts, 2001 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1136882.stm "South Bank Prize for Craig David"] , BBC News 25 Jan. 2001, accessed 15 Sept. 2007: "Harold Pinter - regarded by many as Britain's greatest living playwright - received the award for outstanding achievement." (Features photograph of Harold Pinter receiving the award for "outstanding achievement in the arts.")]
*ST Dupont Golden Pen Award, 2001 for a Lifetime's Distinguished Service to Literature
*"Premio Fiesole ai Maestri del Cinema", Italy, 2001
*World Leaders Award (World Leaders: A Festival of Creative Genius, Toronto), 2001 [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9B06E3DB1339F93AA3575AC0A9679C8B63 "Travel Advisory:] Toronto Festival Honors 14 Leaders in the Arts", "The New York Times" 9 Sept. 2001.]
*Hermann Kesten Medallion for outstanding commitment on behalf of persecuted and imprisoned writers, awarded by German PEN (Berlin), 2001
*Companion of Honour (CH) for services to Literature, 2002
*Diploma "ad Honorem", Teatro Filodrammatici (Milan), 2004
*Evening Standard Awards, 50th Anniversary - Special Award, 2004
*Wilfred Owen Poetry Prize, 2005
*Franz Kafka Prize, 2005
*Nobel Prize in Literature, 2005
*Europe Theatre Prize, 2006
*Serbian Foundation Prize, 2006
*St. George Plaque of the City of Kragujevac, 2006
*Legion d'honneur, France, 2007

Honorary degrees

*University of Reading, 1970
*University of Birmingham, 1971
*University of Glasgow, 1974
*University of East Anglia, 1974
*University of Stirling, 1979
*Brown University, 1982
*University of Hull, 1986
*University of Sussex, 1990
*University of East London, 1994
*University of Sofia, 1995
*University of Bristol, 1998
*Goldsmiths, University of London, 1999
*Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2000
*University of Florence, 2001
*University of Turin, 2002
*National University of Ireland, 2004
*University of Leeds, 2007
*University of Cambridge, 2008

ee also

*The Harold Pinter Archive in the British Library
*List of people who have declined a British honour

Notes

External links

* [http://www.haroldpinter.org/biography/index.shtml "Biography: Awards"] – official website of Harold Pinter. (Periodically updated.) Accessed 16 Sept. 2007.
* [http://www.pintersociety.org/events/events/pinterevents.html "Harold Pinter's Appearances, Publications, or Productions"] – Harold Pinter Society webpage. (April 2005 – ; periodically updated.) Accessed 16 Sept. 2007.