Harold Pinter Passes: The Death of a Great Artist Who Hated Us

Can we honor creative geniuses whose political ideas are anathema to us? (See also: Roger Kimball — Unpleasant thoughts about Harold Pinter)

December 26, 2008 - by Roger L Simon

Read the entire piece here.

Roger L. Simon is an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, novelist and blogger, and the CEO of Pajamas Media. His book, Blacklisting Myself: Memoir of a Hollywood Apostate in the Age of Terror, was released in February 2009.

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2 Comments

1. artist:

well he is one of themost amazing writer.

Jan 2, 2009 - 8:49 am 2. JW:

Facinating writer…

Jul 11, 2009 - 5:07 pm

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