Orhan Pamuk
author profile
born
June 07, 1952
gender
male
place of birth
Istanbul, Turkey
website
genre
Literature & Fiction
influences
Thomas Mann, Jorge Luis Borges, Marcel Proust, William Faulkner, Albert Camus, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Oguz Atay
about this author
Ferit Orhan Pamuk is a Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist. Pamuk is often regarded as a post-modern writer. As one of Turkey's most prominent novelists, his work has been translated into more than forty languages. He is the recipient of numerous national and international literary awards. He was the first Turkish person awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on October 12, 2006, commended for being an author "who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures."
His name is pronounced (Ao er han Bo mu ke)
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Snow by Orhan Pamuk avg rating 3.41 — 5,395 ratings — published 2002 36 editions |
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My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk avg rating 3.68 — 2,892 ratings — published 2000 44 editions |
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Istanbul: Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk avg rating 3.69 — 1,023 ratings — published 2003 33 editions |
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The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk avg rating 3.72 — 579 ratings — published 1990 29 editions |
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The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk avg rating 3.39 — 495 ratings — published 1952 45 editions |
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The New Life by Orhan Pamuk avg rating 3.50 — 335 ratings — published 1994 25 editions |
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Other Colors: Essays and a Story by Orhan Pamuk avg rating 3.83 — 163 ratings — published 1999 10 editions |
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My Father's Suitcase: The Nobel Lecture by Orhan Pamuk avg rating 4.34 — 77 ratings — published 2007 4 editions |
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Masumiyet Müzesi by Orhan Pamuk avg rating 3.57 — 76 ratings — published 2008 11 editions |
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Cevdet Bey ve Ogullari by Orhan Pamuk avg rating 4.19 — 43 ratings — published 2005 3 editions |
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upcoming events
Orhan Pamuk on tour for the book "The Museum of Innocence"
Author appearance, November 18, 2009 07:00PM
Barnes and Noble Booksellers, Union Square, 33 East 17th Street, New York, NY, The United States
See Orhan Pamuk on tour promoting the book "The Museum of Innocence"
Author appearance, November 18, 2009 07:00PM
Barnes and Noble Booksellers, Union Square, 33 East 17th Street, New York, NY, The United States
See Orhan Pamuk on tour promoting the book "The Museum of Innocence"
event from BookTour
"I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning."
— Orhan Pamuk
— Orhan Pamuk
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philosophy
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"Sometimes I sensed that the books I read in rapid succession had set up some sort of murmur among themselves, transforming my head into an orchestra pit where different musical instruments sounded out, and I would realize that I could endure this life because of these musicales going on in my head."
— Orhan Pamuk (The New Life)
— Orhan Pamuk (The New Life)
"[N]othing is as surprising as life. Except for writing. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the only consolation."
— Orhan Pamuk (The Black Book)
— Orhan Pamuk (The Black Book)
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