Orhan Pamuk

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-06-07 (72 years old)

Birth Name

Orhan Ferit Pamuk

Birth Place

Istanbul, Turkey

Religion

secular Islam

Siblings

Şevket Pamuk

Citizenships

Turkey

Residences

Istanbul, Turkey, New York City, United States

Awards

Grinzane Cavour Prize, Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, Erdal Öz Literature Award, prix du meilleur livre étranger, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Ovid Prize, Norman Mailer Prize, Nobel Prize in Literature, Ricarda-Huch-Preis, German-Turkish friendship Prize, International Dublin Literary Award, Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, Prix Médicis étranger, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Award for Best Original Screenplay, Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin, honorary doctorate of the University of Tirana, honorary doctorate from the American University of Beirut, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, honorary doctor of Sofia University, honorary doctor of Saint Petersburg State University, honorary doctor of the Yale University