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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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My Name Is Red

3.87 avg rating — 57,287 ratings — published 1998 — 254 editions
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Snow

3.61 avg rating — 46,985 ratings — published 2002 — 193 editions
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The Museum of Innocence

3.78 avg rating — 33,426 ratings — published 2008 — 155 editions
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Istanbul: Memories and the ...

3.82 avg rating — 20,489 ratings — published 2003 — 207 editions
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Kırmızı Saçlı Kadın

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3.74 avg rating — 19,178 ratings — published 2016 — 127 editions
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A Strangeness in My Mind

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4.14 avg rating — 15,145 ratings — published 2014 — 120 editions
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The White Castle

3.48 avg rating — 15,470 ratings — published 1985 — 147 editions
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The Black Book

3.92 avg rating — 12,347 ratings — published 1990 — 161 editions
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Sessiz Ev

3.74 avg rating — 9,019 ratings — published 1983 — 117 editions
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The New Life

3.56 avg rating — 9,004 ratings — published 1994 — 113 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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