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Orhan Pamuk

Writing

Born June 7, 1952 · Istanbul, Turkey

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 AwardBest 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

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