Orhan Pamuk

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Orhan Pamuk


Born
in Istanbul, Turkey
June 07, 1952

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Ferit Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic, and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, he has sold over 13 million books in 63 languages, making him the country's best-selling writer.
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.
Of partial Circassian descent and born in Istanbul, 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
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Average rating: 3.78 · 286,919 ratings · 28,186 reviews · 115 distinct worksSimilar authors
My Name Is Red

3.87 avg rating — 61,546 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions
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Snow

3.62 avg rating — 49,624 ratings — published 2002 — 200 editions
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The Museum of Innocence

3.79 avg rating — 38,209 ratings — published 2008 — 167 editions
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Istanbul: Memories and the ...

3.82 avg rating — 22,306 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions
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Kırmızı Saçlı Kadın

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3.74 avg rating — 21,773 ratings — published 2016 — 128 editions
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A Strangeness in My Mind

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4.16 avg rating — 16,653 ratings — published 2014
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The White Castle

3.48 avg rating — 16,927 ratings — published 1985 — 25 editions
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The Black Book

3.92 avg rating — 13,334 ratings — published 1990 — 170 editions
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Sessiz Ev

3.74 avg rating — 9,937 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions
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The New Life

3.56 avg rating — 9,659 ratings — published 1994 — 68 editions
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Quotes by Orhan Pamuk  (?)
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“I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.”
Orhan Pamuk, The New Life

“Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.”
Orhan Pamuk, Snow

“I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning.”
Orhan Pamuk, My Name Is Red

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June 2024 New School Classics Poll

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, 1931, 418 pages
 
  54 votes, 22.6%

Seize the Day by Saul Bellow, 1957, 114 pages
 
  45 votes, 18.8%

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, 1924, 226 pages
 
  39 votes, 16.3%

High-Rise by J.G. Ballard, 1975, 208 pages
 
  39 votes, 16.3%

My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk, 1998, 417 pages
 
  31 votes, 13.0%

A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge, 1992, 613 pages
 
  16 votes, 6.7%

Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun, 1917, 435 pages
 
  15 votes, 6.3%

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