Orhan Pamuk





Orhan Pamuk

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June 07, 1952 in Istanbul, Turkey

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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."


Average rating: 3.59 · 33,590 ratings · 4,588 reviews · 34 distinct works
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3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 11,599 ratings — published 2002 — 60 editions
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My Name is Red
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 8,799 ratings — published 1998 — 79 editions
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Istanbul: Memories and the ...
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 3,199 ratings — published 2003 — 37 editions
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The Museum of Innocence
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3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 2,863 ratings — published 2008 — 46 editions
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The Black Book
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 1,826 ratings — published 1990 — 40 editions
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The White Castle
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3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 2,175 ratings — published 1985 — 49 editions
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The New Life
3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 1,390 ratings — published 1994 — 37 editions
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Other Colors
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 518 ratings — published 1999 — 21 editions
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Cevdet Bey ve Oğulları
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 1982 — 10 editions
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Sessiz Ev
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 327 ratings — published 1983 — 20 editions
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“I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning.”
Orhan Pamuk, My Name is Red

“The first thing I learned at school was that some people are idiots; the second thing I learned was that some are even worse. ”
Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul: Memories and the City

“How much can we ever know about the love and pain in another heart? How much can we hope to understand those who have suffered deeper anguish, greater deprivation, and more crushing disappointments than we ourselves have known?”
Orhan Pamuk, Snow

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