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Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born 7 June 1952; Turkish pronunciation: [feˈɾit oɾˈhan paˈmuk] [ 1 ]) is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic, and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, [ 2 ] he has sold over 13 million books in 63 languages, [ 3 ] making him the country's best-selling writer. [ 4 ]
Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul in 1952 and grew up in a large family similar to those which he describes in his novels Cevdet Bey and His Sons and The Black Book, in the wealthy westernised district of Nisantasi.
Orhan Pamuk, Turkish novelist, best known for works that probe Turkish identity and history. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 2006. His notable books included The White Castle, Snow, and The Museum of Innocence.
One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, he has sold over 13 million books in 63 languages, making him the country's best-selling writer. Pamuk's novels include Silent House, The White Castle, The Black Book, The New Life, My Name Is Red and Snow.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2006 was awarded to Orhan Pamuk "who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures"
Orhan Pamuk accepts Honorary Doctorate from University of Crete. After 2010 Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas-Llosa (2015) and well-known Italian novelist Claudio Magris (2016), Orhan Pamuk receives 2017 Literary Flame Prize from Montenegro.
When the Nobel-Prize-winning novelist Orhan Pamuk is finished with a day’s writing, he takes his Canon 5 camera and wanders through the backstreets of his home town, spaces that seem neclected and forgotten, washed in a particular light.
Orhan Pamuk made his debut with the novel Cevdet Bey and His Sons in 1982. His international breakthrough came in the 1990s and was firmly established with My Name Is Red, which was published in 2000.
Orhan Pamuk delivered his Nobel Lecture, 7 December 2006, at the Swedish Academy, Stockholm. He was introduced by Horace Engdahl, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy. The lecture was delivered in Turkish.
My Name Is Red (Turkish: Benim Adım Kırmızı) is a 1998 Turkish novel by writer Orhan Pamuk translated into English by Erdağ Göknar in 2001. The novel, concerning miniaturists in the Ottoman Empire of 1591, established Pamuk's international reputation and contributed to his reception of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006.
