Orhan Pamuk 

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One day I read a book, and my whole life changed. ---Yeni Hayat, 1995.

Orhan Pamuk's Biography:

He was born in Istanbul on June 7, 1952. He spent all his life in Istanbul, except three years in New York. After attending the architecture program in Istanbul Technical University for three years, he finished the Institute of Journalism at the Istanbul University. He started writing regularly in 1974. His first novel, Cevdet Bey ve Ogullari, was awarded the first prize in the 1979 Novel Contest of the Milliyet Press. This book, published in 1982, also won the Orhan Kemal Novel Prize in 1983. He received the 1984 Madarali Novel Prize with his second novel Sessiz Ev, published in 1983, and the 1991 Prix de la Découverte Européenne with the French translation of the novel. His historical novel Beyaz Kale, published in 1985, extended his reputation abroad. The New York Times Book Review wrote: "A new star has risen in the east - Orhan Pamuk, a Turkish writer." His 1990 landmark novel Kara Kitap has become one of the most controversial and popular readings in Turkish literature, due to its complexity and richness. In 1992, he wrote the script of the film Gizli Yuz (derived from Kara Kitap), directed by a prominent Turkish director, Omer Kavur. His last novel, Yeni Hayat, has been a best-seller in Turkey in 1995. His books have been translated to thirteen foreign languages so far.

Orhan Pamuk's Books:

Cevdet Bey ve Ogullari, 1982, Can Yayinlari, Istanbul.

Sessiz Ev, 1983, Can Yayinlari, Istanbul.
Dutch translation by Margreet Dorleijn: Het Huis van de Stilte, 1995, De Arbeiderspers.

Beyaz Kale, 1985, Can Yayinlari, Istanbul.
English translation by V. Holbrook: The White Castle, 1991, George Brazilier, New York.

Kara Kitap, 1990, Can Yayinlari, Istanbul.
English translation by G. Gun: The Black Book, 1995, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York.

Gizli Yuz (script), 1992, Can Yayinlari, Istanbul.

Yeni Hayat, 1995, Iletisim Yayinlari, Istanbul.

New Life Book Cover    English translation by G. Gun: New Life, 1997, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York.

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