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Harold PinterResearch Pinter’s background, education,

early career and influences.

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Background

• Was born and grew up in the East End London working-class

neighbourhood of Hackney.

• He was the only son of a hard-working ewish tailor.• His fa!ily had !o"ed to #ritain fro! Portugal.

• He was sent away to the countryside to escape the $er!an blit%

on three occasions, but his city was bo!bed again after he ca!e

 back. &his first-hand e'perience left a lasting i!pression on hi!.

• E"en after the war ended, he was constantly !et with the

e'pressions of anti-(e!itis! ) he has indicated that it was a large

 part of the reason he beca!e a dra!atist.

• Enlisted as a conscientious ob*ector at + when called up for

co!pulsory national ser"ice ) defended hi!self in two ci"il trialsand two tribunals against a prison sentence.

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Education

• Educated at Hackney owns $ra!!ar (chool.

• He ca!e under the influence of his young English

teacher, oseph #rearley, who directed hi! as Ro!eo

and acbeth, and organised theatre outings.

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References

• http/00www.enotes.co!0topics0harold-pinter 

• http/00www.telegraph.co.uk0news0obituaries012324450Harold-

Pinter-the-!ost-original-stylish-and-enig!atic-writer-in-the-post-

war-re"i"al-of-#ritish-theatre.ht!l

• http/00www.haroldpinter.org0ho!e0inde'.sht!l

• http/00www.nobelpri%e.org0nobel6pri%es0literature0laureates047780

 pinter-bio-bibl.ht!l• http/00www.*ewish"irtuallibrary.org0*source0biography0pinter.ht!l

• http/00www.theguardian.co!0culture04770dec0450harold-pinter-

obituary-playwright-politics

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