Fill in the blanks in the following news with appropriate words in the box. British playwright Harold Pinter, a master of sparse dialogue and menacing silences who has been an outspoken critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, was the surprise (1) of the Nobel literature prize on Thursday. The 75-year-old Londoner, (2) of a Jewish dressmaker, is one of Britain’s best-known dramatists for plays (3) The Birthday Party and The Caretaker, whose mundane dialogue with sinister undercurrents gave rise to the adjective “Pinteresque”. An intimidating presence with bushy eyebrows and a rich voice, he was (4) by Swedish Academy head Horace Engdahl, who (5) the prize, as “the towering figure” in English drama in the second half of the 20th century. Pinter (6) Reuters Television he was overwhelmed by the (7): “I haven’t had time to think about it (8) I am very, very moved. It was something I did not (9) at all at any time." (Taken from: The Jakarta Post , October 14, 2005)

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Fill in the blanks in the following news with appropriate words in the box.

British playwright Harold Pinter, a master of sparse dialogue and menacing silences who has been an outspoken critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, was the surprise ____ (1) of the Nobel literature prize on Thursday.

The 75-year-old Londoner, ____ (2) of a Jewish dressmaker, is one of Britain’s best-known dramatists for plays ____ (3) The Birthday Party and The Caretaker, whose mundane dialogue with sinister undercurrents gave rise to the adjective “Pinteresque”.

An intimidating presence with bushy eyebrows and a rich voice, he was ____ (4) by Swedish Academy head Horace Engdahl, who ____ (5) the prize, as “the towering figure” in English drama in the second half of the 20th century.

Pinter ____ (6) Reuters Television he was overwhelmed by the ____ (7): “I haven’t had time to think about it ____ (8) I am very, very moved. It was something I did not ____ (9) at all at any time."

(Taken from: The Jakarta Post, October 14, 2005)

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