Orhan Pamuk

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Orhan Pamuk


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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 · 284,159 ratings · 27,869 reviews · 120 distinct worksSimilar authors
My Name Is Red

3.87 avg rating — 61,111 ratings — published 1998 — 9 editions
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Snow

3.62 avg rating — 49,320 ratings — published 2002 — 200 editions
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The Museum of Innocence

3.78 avg rating — 37,462 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions
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Istanbul: Memories and the ...

3.82 avg rating — 22,117 ratings — published 2003 — 31 editions
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Kırmızı Saçlı Kadın

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3.74 avg rating — 21,498 ratings — published 2016 — 128 editions
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A Strangeness in My Mind

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4.15 avg rating — 16,485 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions
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The White Castle

3.48 avg rating — 16,776 ratings — published 1985 — 25 editions
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The Black Book

3.93 avg rating — 13,231 ratings — published 1990 — 9 editions
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Sessiz Ev

3.74 avg rating — 9,863 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions
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The New Life

3.56 avg rating — 9,601 ratings — published 1994 — 115 editions
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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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