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(詳細はhonours, awards, prizes, and honorary degrees received by English playwright Harold Pinter (1930–2008), which often acknowledge his international importance and his reach beyond national and regional boundaries. ==Background== Pinter declined a British knighthood in 1996, when it was offered to him on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II by British Prime Minister John Major, then leader of the Conservative Party.〔Michael White, ("Queen's Birthday Honours: Arise Sir Mick, But Pinter Takes Surprise Top Honour" ), ''The Guardian'' 15 June 2002, accessed 16 December 2007.〕 Despite his declining it, many in the media (both in the UK and elsewhere) still refer erroneously to Pinter as "Sir Harold Pinter".〔("Library Buys Harold Pinter Archive for £1m" ), ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London) 11 December 2007, accessed 16 December 2007, announcing the British Library's acquisition of his literary archive.〕〔Charlie Rose, in ("A Conversation with Actor Ian McShane" (Max) ), ''Charlie Rose'', PBS, broadcast of 24 March 2008, accessed 25 March 2008. ("A conversation with actor Ian McShane about his role in the 40th Anniversary Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming.")〕 In addition to having already been made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1966, he accepted the award of Companion of Honour (CH) for services to Literature from the British monarch in 2002. He was presented the Nobel Prize in Literature in December 2005 and the French Légion d'honneur in January 2007. He was awarded academic honorary degrees at the University of Leeds, in April 2007 (in person), at which its Humanities faculty processed in full academic garb solely to present the honorary doctorate to Pinter;〔("Pinter Receives Honorary Degree" ), ''BBC News'' 13 April 2007, accessed 8 October 2007.〕 at the University of Kragujevac, in Serbia; and at the University of Cambridge, in June 2008 (both of the latter in absentia).〔 (did not attend the ceremony due to ill health. )〕 In December 2007, the British Library announced that it had acquired his literary archive for over £1.1 million (approx. US$2.24 million) on behalf of the British nation.〔 After having accepted the honorary presidency of the Central School of Speech and Drama, a constituent college of the University of London, in October 2008, he received an honorary fellowship during its honorary degree ceremony, also in absentia, due to ill health, on 10 December 2008,〔 〕 two weeks before his death from cancer on 24 December 2008.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Honours and awards to Harold Pinter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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