UK playwright Tom Stoppard wins PEN/Pinter prize

LONDON, Aug 17: British playwright Tom Stoppard has won the 2013 PEN/Pinter Prize established in memory of the late Nobel laureate and fellow dramatist Harold Pinter, organizers said on Wednesday. The 76-year-old Czech-born Stoppard, who co-wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for the 1998 film “Shakespeare in Love”, came to fame in the theatre for writing plays such as “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead”, “Jumpers” and “Arcadia”. (agencies)

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