2006諾貝爾文學獎得主。
奧罕-帕慕克奧罕-帕慕克於1952年出生於伊斯坦堡，學習建築的他是當今土耳其最重要也最暢銷的作家。自1979年出版第一部小說《塞夫得特州長和他的兒子們》以來，帕慕克的寫作生涯可謂榮譽等身，曾獲得歐洲發現獎、美國獨立小說獎、法國文藝獎、德國書業和平獎等多種榮耀。
1985年出版的第一本歷史小說《白色城堡》讓他享譽全球，紐約時報書評稱他：“一位新星正在東方誕生——土耳其作家奧爾罕罕帕慕克。”
1998年奧罕-帕慕克《我的名字叫紅》出版，這本書確立了他在國際文壇上的地位，並於2003年獲得都柏林文學獎，這是達10萬歐元的全世界獎金最高的文學獎，同時還贏得了法國文藝獎和義大利格林扎納納卡佛文學獎，成為包攬歐洲三大文學獎項的當代文學大師。地理上伊斯坦堡是歐洲的最邊緣，帕慕克的小說卻站上了歐洲文學的主流位置。
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奧罕-帕慕克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.
