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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.
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Awards & recognition
- honorary doctorate from University of Lyon-II · 2024
- Erdal Öz Literature Award · 2015
- German-Turkish friendship Prize · 2015
- Officer of the Legion of Honour · 2012
- honorary doctor of Sofia University · 2011
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- honorary doctor of Yale University · 2010
- Norman Mailer Prize · 2010
- honorary doctorate from University of Rouen · 2009
- Ovid Prize · 2008
- Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin · 2007
- honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense · 2007
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 2006
- Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association · 2005
- Prix Médicis étranger · 2005
- Ricarda-Huch-Preis · 2005
- Dublin Literary Award · 2003
- Grinzane Cavour Prize · 2002
- International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Award — Best Original Screenplay · 1991
- Independent Foreign Fiction Prize · 1990
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- honorary doctor of Saint Petersburg State University
- honorary doctorate from the American University of Beirut
- honorary doctorate of the University of Tirana
- International Booker Prize · 2016 · nominated
