Orhan Pamuk — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature
Serves as the Robert Yik-Fong Tam Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University
Co-founded the European Writers' Parliament
Author of novels including Silent House, The White Castle, The Black Book, The New Life, My Name Is Red, and Snow
His books have sold over 13 million copies in 63 languages, making him Turkey's best-selling writer
Graduated from the Institute of Journalism at the University of Istanbul in 1976

Biography

Ferit Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, and academic, recognized as the recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is the first Turkish Nobel laureate and his works have sold over 13 million copies in 63 languages, establishing him as Turkey's best-selling writer. Pamuk currently holds the position of Robert Yik-Fong Tam Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, where he teaches writing and comparative literature.