Which Nobel Prize-winning British playwright is known for his "comedies of menace" such as "The Birthday Party" and "The Caretaker"?
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Harold Pinter
His style is characterized by the 'Pinter pause,' in which silence helps convey unspoken tensions and shifting power between characters. He received the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature, with the Swedish Academy praising how his plays expose oppression beneath everyday speech.