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 in 2009
Pamuk and his Turkish Angora cat at his personal writing space
Image: JS Jose Saramago
Image: Gabriel García Marquez (recadrage)
2006 Nobel Prize in Literature
The 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk "who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures."
"who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures."