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Orhan Pamuk

Turkish novelist, academic and Nobel laureate (born 1952).

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Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish novelist, academic and Nobel laureate. Born on 7 June 1952 in Istanbul, Pamuk is 74.

Notable works include The White Castle, The Black Book and The New Life. Pamuk studied at Robert College and Istanbul Technical University. Honours include Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Award for Best Original Screenplay and Grinzane Cavour Prize, among 12 recorded.

With a Wikipedia article in 137 languages, Orhan Pamuk is No. 8,075 in the People and Position Index.

Born: 7 June 1952, Istanbul (age 74)
Country: Turkey
Known as: Writer, novelist, screenwriter
Field: Literature
Education: Robert College, Istanbul Technical University
Genres: Autobiography, essay
Languages: Turkish
Wikipedia editions: 137

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7 Jun

Shares a birthday with Paul Gauguin and Mike Pence.

185

One of 185 people in the Index born in Istanbul, with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

137

Has a Wikipedia article in 137 languages.

Computed from the Index and Wikidata.

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Orhan Pamuk

SiblingŞevket Pamuk

Honours and works

Awards

Independent Foreign Fiction Prize1990
International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Award for Best Original Screenplay1991
Grinzane Cavour Prize2002
Dublin Literary Award2003
Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association2005
Prix Médicis étranger2005
Ricarda-Huch-Preis2005
Nobel Prize in Literature2006
Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin2007
Honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense2007
Ovid Prize2008
Honorary doctorate from University of Rouen2009