Orhan Pamuk | |
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 Pamuk in 2009 | |
| Born | Ferit Orhan Pamuk 7 June 1952 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Occupation | Novelist, screenwriter, Professor of Comparative Literature and Writing (Columbia University) |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Period | 1974–present |
| Genre | Novel |
| Subject | East–West dichotomy, literature, painting |
| Literary movement | Postmodern literature |
| Notable works | |
| Notable awards | International Dublin Literary Award 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature 2006 Sonning Prize 2012 |
| Spouse | Aylin Türegün
(m. 1982; div. 2002)Aslı Akyavaş (m. 2022) |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Şevket Pamuk (brother) Hümeyra Pamuk (half-sister) |
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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]
Pamuk's novels include Silent House, The White Castle, The Black Book, The New Life, My Name Is Red and Snow. He is the Robert Yik-Fong Tam Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, where he teaches writing and comparative literature. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2018.[5]
Of partial Circassian descent and born in Istanbul,[6] Pamuk is the first Turkish Nobel laureate. He is also the recipient of numerous other literary awards. My Name Is Red won the 2002 Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, 2002 Premio Grinzane Cavour and 2003 International Dublin Literary Award.
The European Writers' Parliament came about as a result of a joint proposal by Pamuk and José Saramago.[7] Pamuk's willingness to write books about contentious historical and political events put him at risk of censure in his homeland. In 2005, a lawyer sued him over a statement acknowledging the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire.[8] Pamuk said his intention had been to highlight issues of freedom of speech in Turkey. The court initially declined to hear the case, but in 2011 Pamuk was ordered to pay 6,000 liras in compensation for having insulted the plaintiffs' honor.[9]
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- ^ * Husseyin, Hazim M. (2009). Nobel Ödülünün Orhan Pamuk ve Eserleri Üzerindeki Etkileri. University of Baghdad. p. 94.
- Pamuk, Orhan (2005). Istanbul: Memories and the City, translated by Maureen Freely. Faber & Faber p. 15. "My paternal grandmother was Circassian (Circassian girls, famous for being tall and beautiful, were very popular in Ottoman harems)."
- Karpat, Kemal H. (2001) The Politicization of Islam: Reconstructing Identity, State, Faith, and Community in the Late Ottoman State. Oxford University Press. p. 345. "(...) such as the novelist Orhan Pamuk, who is of Circassian origin."
- ^ Wall, William (1 December 2010). "The Complexity of Others: The Istanbul Declaration of The European Writers' Conference". Irish Left Review. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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