Category Archives: Antonia Fraser

Salman Rushdie wins the PEN Pinter prize

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Mark

Established in 2009, the PEN/Pinter prize is awarded every year to a writer of proven literary merit. It was recently declared that Pinter’s friend Rushdie would be this year’s recipient. Maureen Freely, chair of judges, said: “This prize is English PEN’s … Continue reading →

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Antonia Fraser plans autobiography

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Mark

An Express columnist recently announced that in conversation with Dame Antonia Fraser, she had stated that she was compiling an autobiography called My History – A Memoir of Growing Up. Read more: http://www.express.co.uk/comment/columnists/adam-helliker/470161/Lady-Antonia-Fraser-is-ready-to-reveal-all

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Blue plaque for Pinter’s birth place

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Mark

Lady Antonia Fraser Pinter unveiled a plaque, sponsored by Clapton Pond Neighbourhood Action Group (CPNAG), on Saturday September 22, marking the house in Thistlewaite Road, Clapton, where Harold Pinter, her husband, was born and grew up. Among those who turned … Continue reading →

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The Royal Court Theatre announces the Harold Pinter award

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Mark

new bursary for playwrights announced Continue reading →

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Antonia Fraser given damehood in New Year honours list

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Mark

Lady Antonia becomes Dame Antonia Continue reading →

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British Library acquires Harold Pinter honours

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Mark

Harold Pinter’s Nobel Prize medal and the bronze mask of the BAFTA fellowship are among more than 50 awards belonging to the late playwright that have been acquired by the British Library. The national library acquired Pinter’s archive in 2007, … Continue reading →

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Hanif Kureishi wins the 2010 PEN Pinter prize

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Mark

Lady Antonia Fraser, who helped judge the prize, stated that: “Hanif Kureishi courageously and irreverently speaks the truth about life in our multicultural world, beyond any platitudes of political correctness. Harold Pinter would have been proud that Hanif was chosen for … Continue reading →

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Pinter, Beckett and Mamet at the Gate

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Mark

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Antonia Fraser book signings and talks

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Mark

Antonia Fraser in the UK, Eire and the US Continue reading →

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