Orhan Pamuk is a famous Turkish novelist known for works exploring Turkish identity and history. He teaches at Columbia University. Pamuk was born in Istanbul in 1952 and showed an early interest in painting and dreams. His novels have been translated into over 45 languages and he has received numerous international awards, including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006, for his writing skills and dream-focused style.

1. ORHAN PAMUK
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2. WHO IS ORHAN PAMUK
 Orhan Pamuk is a famous
Turkish novelist, best
known for works that
probe Turkish identity
and history.
 He is also teaching
comparative
literature and writing
at Columbia University.

3. HOW HAS HE BECOME A UNIVERSAL
FIGURE?
 His brilliance in writing fiction paved the way
for his worldwide recognition. The White
Castle is the fırst novel that was translated
and that made Pamuk known universally.
 Orhan Pamuk’s books have been translated
into 46 languages, including
Georgian, Malayan, Czech, Danish, Japanese,
Catalan, as well as English, German and
French. In 2005, Pamuk has been awarded
The Peace Prize, which is considered as the
most prestigious award in Germany in the
field of culture.

4. PAMUK’S LIFE
 Pamuk was born in
Istanbul, Turkey, on June
7, 1952
 His father was a civil
engineer and also a
lecturer at university.
Pamuk grew up in an
affluent, secular
household.

5.  He attended the prestigious
American Robert College in
Istanbul and later went on
to get education at the
University of Istanbul, where
he got his B.A. in
journalism.
 Until the age of thirty,
Pamuk lived with his parents
who allowed him to
concentrate first on his
paintings then writings by
supporting him financially.

6. HIS LEARNIG INTERESTS
 When he was a
child, he liked painting
so much and wanted to
be a painter. His family
always supported him
for his paintings. After
many years he started
writing and in this field
he received a number
of awards.

7. HIS LEARNING STYLE IN SCHOOL
 He was a visual learner at
school which can explain his
great interest in painting. He
can be thought as a right-
brained person in the light of
this information.
 At the same time he was a
great dreamer. He always
dreamed about everything.
He was very different from
other students in this
respect.
 These features of him made
him a genious writer.

9. Pamuk’s drawing-writing notebook
exhibits that he liked to combine
his literary and artistic skills.
He was a different child.when
others took notes about their
life, pamuk was pictured his
dreams and told his dreams…

10. His Key to Succes
 Something is of vital importance
in Pamuk’s journey to success:
dreams! He always followed his
dreams and believed that his
dreams would come true a day.
He was patient and determined.
What he mainly did was to use
hıs skills in the right way.

11. His International Awards
 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

12.  2003 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
(Ireland) for his novel My Name Is Red (awarded jointly
with translator Erdağ M. Göknar)
 2005 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (Germany)
 2005 Prix Médicis étranger (France) for his novel Snow :
La Neige
 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature (Sweden)
 2006 Washington University's Distinguished Humanist
Award (United States)[
 2006 Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France)
 2008 Ovidius Prize (Romania)
 2010 Norman Mailer Prize, Lifetime Achievement (USA)

13. Bibliography
 Pamuk , Orhan (‘2010) Manzaradan Parçalar , İstanbul :
İletişim Yayınları
 Orhan Pamuk Nobel Prize Video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4adN7LydX4
 Orhan Pamuk Nobek Prize speech :
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/20
06/pamuk-lecture_tu.html
 http://www.ilknokta.com/urun/111691/Manzaradan-
Parcalar.html
 http://www.kitapyurdu.com/kitap/default.asp?id=566469
 www.turkishculture.org/literature/literature/.../ orhan -
Pamuk -648.htm
 en.wikipedia.org / wiki / Orhan _ Pamuk
 www. orhanpamuk . net /
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