Harold Pinter: Biographical Sketch

Harold Pinter was born on October 10, 1930 to Jewish parents at Hackney, a working-class neighbourhood in London. It was a difficult time for Jews in England. Hitler's rise to power had begun and the fascism he championed had its British sympathisers. In 1939, Britain entered World War II. During the Blitz, Hitler's intense bombing of London, Pinter, like many other young people, was evacuated to