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Orhan Pamuk


Born
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 — 61,757 ratings — published 1998 — 262 editions
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Snow

3.62 avg rating — 49,782 ratings — published 2002
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The Museum of Innocence

3.79 avg rating — 39,170 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions
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Istanbul: Memories and the ...

3.82 avg rating — 22,409 ratings — published 2003 — 30 editions
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Kırmızı Saçlı Kadın

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3.74 avg rating — 21,932 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions
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A Strangeness in My Mind

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4.16 avg rating — 16,720 ratings — published 2014
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The White Castle

3.48 avg rating — 17,016 ratings — published 1985 — 162 editions
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The Black Book

3.92 avg rating — 13,391 ratings — published 1990 — 170 editions
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Sessiz Ev

3.74 avg rating — 9,978 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions
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The New Life

3.56 avg rating — 9,701 ratings — published 1994 — 116 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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