A selection of articles and photographs related to Harold Pinter are seen this undated handout photograph released December 12, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Pinter, also an actor, poet, screenwriter and director, was known for his left-wing political views and was an outspoken critic of the U.S. and British foreign policies.

Pinter won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005 and the citation said "in his plays he uncovers the precipice in everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms."

Pinter was diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus in 2002 and following treatment, announced that he was on the road to recovery.

Three years later, he announced that he had given up writing for the theater in order to concentrate on political work.

The adjective "Pinteresque" is included in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Editor:Zhao Yanchen