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Orhan Pamuk

7 June 1952 – present

Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish novelist whose books, including My Name Is Red, Snow and The Museum of Innocence, explore memory, identity and the encounter between Turkish and European culture. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006 and teaches at Columbia University in New York.

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Birth in Istanbul
7 June 1952

Born into a secular middle-class family in the Nişantaşı district of Istanbul.

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Graduates in journalism from Istanbul University
1976

Abandoned architecture studies at Istanbul Technical University and took a degree in journalism instead.

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First novel, Cevdet Bey and His Sons
1982

Published his debut family saga in Turkish.

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Years in New York as a visiting scholar
1985 – 1988

Spent time at Columbia University and the University of Iowa while writing The Black Book.

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Publication of My Name Is Red
1998

A murder mystery set among Ottoman miniaturists, later awarded the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

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Publication of Snow
2002

A novel set in the eastern Turkish city of Kars dealing with secularism and political Islam.

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Criminal charges over remarks in an interview
2005 – 2006

Charged under the Turkish penal code after comments about the mass killings of Armenians and Kurds; the case was dropped in January 2006.

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Nobel Prize in Literature
October 2006

Became the first Turkish citizen to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Opening of the Museum of Innocence
April 2012

Opened a museum in Istanbul built around the objects described in his novel of the same name.

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