TV Article Harold Pinter, theater giant, dies at 78 By Steven Korn Published on December 25, 2008 11:11PM EST Harold Pinter, the iconic British playwright, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, and two-time Oscar nominee (The French Lieutenant’s Woman and Betrayal) died of cancer on Dec. 24, according to CNN, citing U.K. media reports. His stage works, marked by verbal acrobatics and the loaded pause, include The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964), and No Man’s Land (1974). Check back at EW.com for an appreciation of Harold Pinter’s legacy. More on the life and work of Harold Pinter: HaroldPinter.org More on Harold Pinter from the EW archive: Harold Pinter: Five Screenplay Adaptations, and How They Fared