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learn about nobel prize-winning author harold pinter thursday night

University of Tampa’s Dr. Frank Gillen will speak Thursday night about Nobel Prize-winning author Harold Pinter:

“Harold Pinter, 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature” — Dr. Frank Gillen, University of Tampa — Thursday, February 23, 7:30 pm Lewis House

Refreshments will be served at this ASPEC-sponsored event.

Playwright Harold Pinter, recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature, is the subject of a presentation by Dr. Frank Gillen, co-founder and co-editor of the Pinter Review, the only scholarly journal devoted entirely to Pinter’s work. Dr. Gillen is Dana Professor of English at the University of Tampa.

Pinter has long been recognized as one of the finest and most powerful playwrights of the latter half of the 20th century. His plays include The Caretaker, The Homecoming, Betrayal, The Room and The Birthday Party, as well as screenplays The Last Tycoon, The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Betrayal, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Trial and The Tragedy of King Lear.

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