Poet Harold Pinter Won Nobel Prize in Literature

Harold Pinter

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2005 was awarded to Harold Pinter "who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms".

Reference: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2005.

There isn't a specific Nobel Prize for poetry, but out of curiosity I Googled winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature who were poets.  The most recent was Harold Pinter in 2005.  Of course he wasn't just a poet, but also a playwright, screenwriter, actor and director.  I loved his 1978 play `Betrayal and its 1983 film adaptation, starring Jeremy Irons, Patricia Hodge and Ben Kingsley.

I Googled yet again to get a sampling of his poetry, and I liked `American Football (of course): 

Hallelujah!
It works.
We blew the shit out of them. 

We blew the shit right back up their own ass
And out their fucking ears. 

It works.
We blew the shit out of them.
They suffocated in their own shit! 

Hallelujah.
Praise the Lord for all good things. 

We blew them into fucking shit.
They are eating it. 

Praise the Lord for all good things. 

We blew their balls into shards of dust,
Into shards of fucking dust. 

We did it. 

Now I want you to come over here and kiss me on the mouth.

Exactly.