Playwright
Harold Pinter
Won the Nobel Prize for plays built out of menace and silence, to the point that the pause became known as Pinteresque. He used the Nobel lecture to attack the Iraq war.
Harold Pinter was an English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964) and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted for the screen. His screenplay adaptations of others' works include The Servant (1963), The Go-Between (1971), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), The Trial (1993) and Sleuth (2007). He also directed or acted in radio, stage, television and film productions of his own and others' works.
- Born
- 1930-10-10, London, EnglandA Friday
- Died
- 2008-12-24, London, EnglandA Wednesday, aged 78
- At birth
- Sun in Libra, Moon in Taurus
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1930-10-10, London, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 16°27′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 17°51′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 29°04′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 28°57′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 24°56′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 19°12′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 6°00′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 13°15′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 4°50′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 20°51′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2008-12-24, London, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 3°03′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 0°23′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 18°45′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 18°55′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 27°53′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 27°12′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Virgo | 21°43′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 19°02′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 22°12′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 0°58′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Harold Pinter was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
