Orhan Pamuk

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born June 07, 1952
gender male
place of birth Istanbul, Turkey
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."


books by Orhan Pamuk

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avg rating: 3.58 | 6336 ratings | 30 distinct works
Snow Snow (Paperback)
by Orhan Pamuk
avg rating 3.46 — 3083 ratings — published 2005
29 editions
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My Name Is Red My Name Is Red (Vintage International)
by Orhan Pamuk
avg rating 3.73 — 1520 ratings — published 2006
25 editions
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Istanbul: Memories and the Cit... Istanbul: Memories and the City (Paperback)
by Orhan Pamuk
avg rating 3.66 — 516 ratings — published 2006
18 editions
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The Black Book The Black Book (Paperback)
by Orhan Pamuk
avg rating 3.73 — 289 ratings — published 2006
17 editions
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The White Castle The White Castle (Paperback)
by Orhan Pamuk
avg rating 3.39 — 218 ratings — published 2001
18 editions
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The New Life The New Life (Paperback)
by Orhan Pamuk
avg rating 3.58 — 156 ratings — published 2002
13 editions
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Other Colors: Essays and a Sto... Other Colors: Essays and a Story (Hardcover)
by Orhan Pamuk
avg rating 3.72 — 60 ratings — published 2007
5 editions
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My Father's Suitcase: The Nobe... My Father's Suitcase: The Nobel Lecture (Paperback)
by Orhan Pamuk
avg rating 4.32 — 19 ratings — published 2007
2 editions
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Istanbul: City of a Hundred Na... Istanbul: City of a Hundred Names (Hardcover)
by Alex Webb, Orhan Pamuk
avg rating 3.93 — 15 ratings — published 2007
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La Casa del Silencio La Casa del Silencio (Paperback)
by Orhan Pamuk
avg rating 4.50 — 4 ratings — published 2006
7 editions
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quotes by Orhan Pamuk

1728
"I am nothing but a corpse now, a body at the bottom of a well. "
Orhan Pamuk (My Name Is Red (Vintage International))
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1728
"[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)
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1728
""I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning.""
Orhan Pamuk
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