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British playwright wins Nobel for literature
Indo-Asian News Service

London, Oct 13 (IANS) Controversial British playwright Harold Pinter has won the 2005 Nobel Prize for literature. 

Pinter, 75, whose plays include "The Birthday Party" and "Betrayal", was Thursday named the winner of the $1.3 million cash prize. 

The Nobel academy said Pinter's work "uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms". 

Pinter is widely regarded as Britain's greatest living playwright.