The Nobel Prize in Literature 2006
Awarded on: 2006-10-12
"who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures"
Orhan Pamuk
Born: 1952-06-07 in Istanbul, Turkey
Gender: male
Field: Turkish novelist, academic and Nobel laureate (born 1952)
Biography
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.