Italian author Roberto Saviano, who has been in hiding since writing an expose about the Naples mafia, has won the Pen/Pinter International writer of courage award. His 2006 book Gomorrah explores the vast reach and corruption of the Camorra. Saviano, 32, has lived under constant police protection since death threats were issued against him by the mafia…
London’s Comedy Theatre is to be renamed next month after Harold Pinter, the playwright, director and actor who died in 2008. Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) said it was “a fitting tribute to a man who made such a mark on British theatre”. The theatre has hosted seven Pinter productions over the last 21 years, including The…
Playwright Sir David Hare has been awarded this year’s Pen/Pinter Prize, it has been announced. The award, set up by the writers’ charity Pen in memory of playwright Harold Pinter, is given to a British writer who casts an “unflinching, unswerving” gaze upon the world. Pinter’s widow, Lady Antonia Fraser, said Sir David was a “worthy…
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