Press Release

 

Harold Pinter's Attendance during Nobel Week in Stockholm Cancelled

November 30, 2005

 

The Nobel Foundation hereby announces that Harold Pinter, the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature, will unfortunately not attend any of the events during the Nobel Week for reasons of health. His doctors have forbidden him to travel at this time.

Harold Pinter's pre-recorded Nobel Lecture is therefore planned to be presented on a big screen at the Swedish Academy on 7 December at 5:30 p.m.

As announced previously, publisher Stephen Page, Chief Executive of Faber and Faber in London, will be attending the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Mr. Pinter's place. Mr. Page will accept the Nobel medal and Nobel diploma on behalf of the Literature Laureate.

 

 

Annika Ekdahl, Public Relations Manager, The Nobel Foundation
E-mail: annika.ekdahl@nobel.se, tel: +46 8 663 14 70,
fax: +46 8 660 38 47

The Nobel Foundation is a private institution established in 1900 based on the will of Alfred Nobel. The Foundation manages the assets made available through the will for the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Peace.