Orhan Pamuk

Also known as Pamuk, Ferit Orhan Pamuk

Turkish novelist, academic and Nobel laureate (born 1952)

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Orhan Pamuk is a writer whose professional career began in 1974. He was recognized in the Nobel Literature collection and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.

Pamuk received one Nobel Prize. His period of activity includes the year 2011.

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Film & TV

Istanbul, Turkey

Known for

Palabra de Nobel — Self - Interviewee2024
Sentimental2022
Behind the Headlines With Wen Tao2018
Bosch: The Garden of Dreams — Self2016
Encontros e Dissonâncias2012
Square — Self2012
Una belleza nueva — Self2006
Kulturplatz — Self2004
Gero von Boehm begegnet... — Self2002
Laf Lafı Açıyor1991

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Literature2006
“who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures”

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Described at

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Turkey
Place of birth: Istanbul
Sibling: Şevket Pamuk
Occupation: academic
Employer: Columbia University
Languages spoken: Turkish
Native language: Turkish
Notable work: The Museum of Innocence
Genre: essay
Movement: naturalism
Official website: orhanpamuk.net
Image: Orhan Pamuk 2009 Shankbone.jpg
Work location: Istanbul
Residence: New York City

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Commons category: Orhan Pamuk
date of birth: 1952-06-07
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Commons gallery: Orhan Pamuk
member of: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Commons Creator page: Orhan Pamuk
influenced by: Vladimir Nabokov
start of work period: 1974-00-00
name in native language: Orhan Pamuk
floruit: 2011-01-01
writing language: Turkish
described at URL: edebiyat.k12.org.tr/author/0bc932c4-b71e-48a7-a2e7-1d4507f9eb7b
ethnic group: Turks
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nominated for: International Booker Prize
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birth name: Orhan Ferit Pamuk

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Encyclopedic overview

Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born 7 June 1952; Turkish pronunciation: [feˈɾit oɾˈhan paˈmuk]) 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.

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