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{{Infobox Writer
| name = Ferit Orhan Pamuk
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|6|7}}
| birth_place = [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]
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| occupation = [[Novelist]]
| nationality = [[Turkish people|Turkish]] {{flagicon|Turkey}}
| period = 1974-present
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| movement = [[Postmodern literature|post-modern literature]]
| notableworks = [[The White Castle]] <br /> [[The Black Book (Orhan Pamuk novel)|The Black Book]] <br /> [[The New Life]] <br /> [[My Name is Red]] <br /> [[Snow (novel)|Snow]] <br /> [[Istanbul: Memories and the City]]
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'''Ferit Orhan Pamuk''' (born June 7, 1952) is a famous [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]]-winning [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[author]]. Pamuk is a [[postmodernism|post-modernist]] writer. He has won many writing awards around the world. He was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] on October 12 2006, which made him the first Turkish person to win the Nobel Prize.

In 2005, he faced criminal charges because of comments he made in an interview. In the interview, Pamuk said about [[Armenian Genocide]], "Thirty thousand Kurds, and a million Armenians were killed in these lands and nobody dares to talk about it." Pamuk faced a hate campaign and he had to flee the country. The charges were dropped in early 2006 under an influence of international movement of [[Amnesty International]] and [[European Parliament]].

== Bibliography in English ==
* ''[[The White Castle]]'', translated by Victoria Holbrook, Manchester (UK): Carcanet Press Limited, 1990;, 1991; New York: George Braziller, 1991 [original title: ''Beyaz Kale'']
* ''[[The Black Book (Orhan Pamuk novel)|The Black Book]]'', translated by Güneli Gün, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1994 [original title: ''Kara Kitap'']. A new translation by [[Maureen Freely]] was published in 2006
* ''[[The New Life (novel)|The New Life]]'', translated by Güneli Gün, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997 [original title: ''Yeni Hayat'']
* ''[[My Name is Red]]'', translated by Erdağ M. Göknar, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001 [original title: ''Benim Adım Kırmızı''].
* ''[[Snow (novel)|Snow]]'', translated by [[Maureen Freely]], New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004 [original title: ''Kar'']
* ''[[Istanbul: Memories and the City]]'', translated by Maureen Freely, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005 [original title: ''İstanbul: Hatıralar ve Şehir'']

== Bibliography in Turkish ==
* ''Cevdet Bey ve Oğulları'' (''Cevdet Bey and His Sons''), novel, Istanbul: Karacan Yayınları, 1982
* ''Sessiz Ev'' (''The Silent House'') , novel, Istanbul: Can Yayınları, 1983
* ''Beyaz Kale'' (''The White Castle''), novel, Istanbul: Can Yayınları, 1985
* ''Kara Kitap'' (''The Black Book''), novel, Istanbul: Can Yayınları, 1990
* ''Gizli Yuz'' (''Secret Face''), screenplay, Istanbul: Can Yayınları, 1992 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101956/]
* ''Yeni Hayat'' (''The New Life''), novel, Istanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 1995
* ''Benim Adım Kırmızı'' (''My Name is Red''), novel, Istanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 1998
* ''Öteki Renkler'' (''The Other Colors''), essays, Istanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 1999
* ''Kar'' (''Snow''), novel, Istanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2002
* ''İstanbul: Hatıralar ve Şehir'' (''Istanbul: Memories and the City''), memoirs, Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2003

== Awards ==
* 1979 Milliyet Press Novel Contest Award (Turkey) for his novel ''Karanlık ve Işık'' (co-winner)
* 1983 Orhan Kemal Novel Prize (Turkey) for his novel ''Cevdet Bey ve Oğulları''
* 1984 Madarali Novel Prize (Turkey) for his novel ''Sessiz Ev''
* 1990 [[Independent Foreign Fiction Prize]] (United Kingdom) for his novel ''Beyaz Kale''
* 1991 Prix de la Découverte Européenne (France) for the French edition of ''Sessiz Ev'' : ''La Maison de Silence''
* 1995 Prix France Culture (France) for his novel ''Kara Kitap'' : ''Le Livre Noir''
* 2002 Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger (France) for his novel ''My Name Is Red'' : ''Mon Nom est Rouge''
* 2002 Premio Grinzane Cavour (Italy) for his novel ''My Name Is Red''
* 2003 [[International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award]] (Ireland) for his novel ''My Name Is Red''
* 2005 [[Peace Prize of the German Book Trade]] (Germany)
* 2005 [[Prix Médicis|Prix Medicis Etranger]] (France) for his novel ''Snow'' : ''La Neige''
* 2006 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] (Sweden)
* 2006 [[Washington University]]'s Distinguished Humanist Award (United States)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://source.wustl.edu/2006/11/2006-nobel-prizewinner-orhan-pamuk-to-receive-washington-university-inaugural-distinguished-humanist-medal-nov-27/|title=2006 Nobel Prize-winner Orhan Pamuk to receive Washington University's inaugural Distinguished Humanist Medal Nov. 27 - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis|date=13 November 2006|website=The Source}}</ref>

== Honorary Doctorate ==
* [[Free University of Berlin]], [[Free University of Berlin#Departments|Department of Philosophy and Humanities]] - May 4, 2007<ref>[http://www.fu-berlin.de/presse/fup/2007/fup_07_076/index.html Freie Universität Berlin Pressemitteilung] {{in lang|de}}</ref>
* 2007 [[Boğaziçi University]], Department of Western Languages and Literatures May 14, 2007

== References ==
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== Other websites ==
{{sisterlinks|Orhan Pamuk}}
* [http://www.orhanpamuk.net The comprehensive web site on Orhan Pamuk]
* [http://www.faber.co.uk/media/documents/book_club_35634.pdf Faber reading guide for Snow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070619235349/http://www.faber.co.uk/media/documents/book_club_35634.pdf |date=2007-06-19 }}
* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,5917,1683320,00.html The Guardian on Orhan Pamuk]
* [http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25338-2020182,00.html The Times Literary Supplement Editorial on Orhan Pamuk]
* [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/11/opinion/edturkey.php International Herald Tribune Editorial on Orhan Pamuk]
* [http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/051219ta_talk_pamuk Pamuk's letter on his trial published in the December 19th issue of the New Yorker] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121205005640/www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/051219ta_talk_pamuk |date=2012-12-05 }}
* [http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2006/turkey_pamuk_200k.asx ABC documentary on Pamuk and The Armenian Genocide]
* [http://www.the-ledge.com/flash/ledge.php?prsn=348&lan=UK Orhan Pamuk 'Bookweb' on literary website The Ledge, with suggestions for further reading.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310235751/http://www.the-ledge.com/flash/ledge.php?prsn=348&lan=UK |date=2007-03-10 }}
* [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2006/ Orhan Pamuk as profiled on the Nobel Prize website]
* [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/12/25/061225fa_fact1 "My Father's Suitcase" - Orhan Pamuk's Nobel Lecture, 2006 as translated from the Turkish by Maureen Freely]

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