Friday, October 13, 2006

ORHAN PAMUK WINS THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE!

TURKISH NOVELIST ORHAN PAMUK has won the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature, it was announced on October 12, 2006. His win is a joyous celebration of Turkish and world literature. By examining questions of identity amidst east-west collisions and exploring the transformations of contemporary Turkish society, Pamuk has become one of the major writers of the world today. I especially enjoyed My Name is Red (2001), Snow (2004) and The Black Book (2006), as well as his memoir cum cultural history of Turkey, Istanbul: Memories of a City (2005). Congratulations!

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PAMUK Orhan [1952-] Novelist, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature. Born Ferit Orhan Pamuk in Istanbul, Turkey. Novels The Museum of Innocence (2007); Snow [trans. from the Turkish, Kar (2002), by Maureen Freely in 2004] (2004); My Name is Red [trans. from the Turkish, Benim Adim Kirmizi (1998), by Erdag M. Göknar in 2001] (2001: winner of the 2003 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award); The New Life (trans. from the Turkish, Yeni Hayat (1995), by Güneli Gün in 1997) (1997); The Black Book (trans. from the Turkish, Kara Kitap (1990), by Guneli Gun in 1994 and by Maureen Freely in 2006] (1994; 2006); The White Castle [trans. from the Turkish, Beyaz Kale (1985), by Victoria Holbrook in 1990] (1990: winner of the 1990 Independent Award for Foreign Fiction); The Silent House (originally published as Sessiz Ev in 1983) (untranslated); Cevdet Bey and His Sons (originally published as Cevdet Bey ve Ogullari in 1982) (untranslated) Essays Other Colours (2008) Memoir Istanbul: Memories of a City [trans. from the Turkish, Hatiralar ve Sehir (2003), by Maureen Freely in 2005; published as Istanbul: Memories and the City in the U.S.] (2005: shortlisted for the 2005 Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction and the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography)

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