Orhan Pamuk

Nobel Prize winning writer Orhan Pamuk's "The Museum of Innocence" tops the fiction list this week while Meghnad Desai's "The Rediscovery of India" leads the books in the non-fiction bestsellers. Read Full Story

Winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature Orhan Pamuk is a Nobel Prize-winning novelist and is the recipient of numerous national and international literary awards. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on October 2006, becoming the first Turkish person to receive a Nobel Prize. He is currently a Fellow with Columbia University’s Committee on Global Thought and holds an appointment in Columbia’s Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures at The School of the Arts. “One of the world’s most celebrated novelist” In detail Orhan Pamuk studied architecture at the Istanbul Technical University before leaving to become a full-time writer. He ... Read Full Story

The Wall Street Journal had a great article last Friday: "How to Write a Great Novel" , reflections by 11 novelists on how they approach writing. Since the article is subscription only, I'll feature one writer per day here, highlighting their process with a key excerpt from the article. Today's writer is Orhan Pamuk whose novels include "Darkness and Light" and "Mr. Cedved and his Sons". Turkish novelist and Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk often rewrites the first line of his novels 50 or 100 times. "The hardest thing is always the first sentence—that is painful," says Mr. Pamuk, whose book, "The Museum of Innocence," ... Read Full Story

Turkish Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk, Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa and Mexican author Carlos Fuentes will headline one of the world's largest book fairs this year. Raul Padilla, president of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, said Monday that 1,900 publishers and more than 500 authors and intellectuals will participate in the event. It runs from Nov. 28 to Dec. 6. American actor Tim Robbins is scheduled to direct a theatrical production of George Orwell's "1984" at the fair. And the city of Los Angeles will be featured as a "guest of honor" — the first time a U.S. city has received that distinction. Organizers ... Read Full Story

Turkish Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk, Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa and Mexican author Carlos Fuentes will headline one of the world's largest book fairs this year. Raul Padilla, president of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, said Monday that 1,900 publishers and more than 500 authors and intellectuals will participate in the event. It runs from Nov. 28 to Dec. 6. American actor Tim Robbins is scheduled to direct a theatrical production of George Orwell's "1984" at the fair. And the city of Los Angeles will be featured as a "guest of honor" — the first time a U.S. city has received that distinction. Organizers ... Read Full Story