2006 Nobel Prize in Literature

2006 Nobel Prize in Literature
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."
Date
  • 12 October 2006 (2006-10-12) (announcement)
  • 10 December 2006
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk (born 1952) "who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures."[1]

  1. ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature 2006 nobelprize.org