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ORHAN PAMUK, AN INTELLECTUAL, PIONEER, AND NOBEL PRIZED TURKISH WRITER
Orhan Pamuk is a well-known Turkish novelist in the contemporary world literature. He writes his novels in the Turkish Language. However, his novels were translated into more than 60 languages of the world today. He has a unique style and his most important themes are conflict and confluence of the West and Islam, and the argumentative issues of identity. He portrays his characters genuinely, as he meets them throughout his life, regardless of whether his heroes look like him or not. He does his best to identify them. He believes that the history of the novel is simply the historical background of human freedom. Up to now, only eleven novels of his literary works were translated into English. He has got many prizes for literature, for instance, in 2005, he was granted the Peace Prize for creative writing of novel in Germany, and in 2006, he has won the Nobel Prize for literature, as well as in the same year, he was selected in the United States of America as one of the 100 most effective people in the world, who shape the universe by speaking up. This paper will discuss Pamuk's own personal life, his style of writing and the themes of his novels as well as what kind of character he is dealing with. It also tells the story of Pamuk when he talked to a Swiss Magazine about the killing of Kurds and the Armenian Genocide.
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ORHAN PAMUK, AS A POLITICAL DISSIDENT WRITER IN ENGLISH
English Studies International Research Journal, 2016
World Literature is an increasingly influential subject in literary studies, which has led to the reframing of contemporary ideas of `national literatures`, language and translation. This era of globalization is fast becoming the preferred term for describing the current times. It comprises the political, economical, social, cultural and literature aspects too. Orhan Pamuk as a global writer in Turkish literature, is the first one ever to emerge from his country, known for his epic, multifaceted stories in which the protagonist is often caught between two worlds. Orhan Pamuk, is a different writer that means he may have already written a number of epic novels but every time he comes up with a new book, a debate resumes whether its best work of the winner of 2006 Nobel Prize for literature. Pamuk uses secularism as an analytical tool to understand the politics of Turkey through his novels which comprises of its historical, cultural, social and Turkish identity issues. Pamuk has also taken on taboo topics in Turkey, like the alleged Armenian genocide in the 1990s and the massacre of Kurdish separatists that led the government in 2005, to sue him under Article 301 of the constitution for defaming the Turkish state. The charges were soon dropped but the experience solidified his position as a controversial literary figure within the Turkish psyche. He`s written about deep-rooted tensions between East and West and how Istanbul and Turkey have changed over the last few decades. So, Pamuk as an internationally acclaimed author fits in this context perfectly.
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Why Turks don't like Orhan Pamuk
Abstract: A foreign friend of mine has recently asked me the question and I am writing this essay as an attempt at an answer: Why is it so difficult to find a fan of Orhan Pamuk in Turkey? We have a veritable puzzle: The man is a Nobel laureate, considered worldwide as one of the major writers of his generation and, for that matter, he is a best-seller in the country in question. Yet, when you ask a literate Turk about Pamuk, the answer you are likely to hear is, “I gave up his book after fifty pages or so.” Who is buying all those books, and why don’t we like our only Nobel laureate?
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Writing, History, and Speech for an Ottoman Biographer
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