A welcoming place Nov 15, 2009
Orhan Pamuk, the Nobel Prize-winning writer from Turkey, offered that advice when he addressed the Boston Book Festival last month. It is a sentiment expressed in a new book edited by Anita Silvey, a veteran of children s publishing. (Boston Globe)
To solve Turkey's culture clash, old elite must yield to free speech Nov 12, 2009
An interview with Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk about his latest book, 'The Museum of Innocence ... Orhan Pamuk, the Turkish novelist, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006 ... Nathan Gardels: Inserting yourself as the famous writer Orhan Pamuk into your new novel, "The Museum of Innocence," you say, "This is not simply a story of lovers, but of the entire realm, that is, of Istanbul.". (Christian Science Monitor)
Miami Book Fair Is Recession-Proof Nov 7, 2009
And once again, organizers have amassed a list of acclaimed writers to give readings - Margaret Atwood, Barbara Kingsolver and Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk among them. Never mind that this book fair has had to make do with cutbacks and state and county funding. (CBS News)
Daily TV and radio guide Nov 6, 2009
Author Mitch Albom ( Have a Little Faith ); novelist Orhan Pamuk ( The Museum of Innocence ). Tyra Show at midnight and 1 a.m. on OXY.. (Boston Globe)
Highlights of the Boston Book Festival Oct 23, 2009
Keynote - Orhan Pamuk: The Museum of Innocence Old South Church Sanctuary, 5 p.m.. Boston Noir Launch Boston Public Library Rabb Lecture Hall, 6-9. (Boston Globe)
Manhattan to the max Oct 20, 2009
Book em The first Boston Book Festival will be held Saturday and will feature an all-star cast of writers, scholars, critics, and commentators, including Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, former US poet laureate Robert Pinsky, and Alicia Silverstone (yes, that Alicia Silverstone), who has written a diet and advice book, The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet. There will also be children s activities and live music. (Boston Globe)
Boston Book Festival features 90 authors Oct 18, 2009
The 90 writers appearing at the Boston Book Festival on Saturday run the gamut from Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk to actress Alicia Silverstone, author of The Kind Diet. Not surprisingly, religion, politics, history, and sports will play a prominent role in the day s discussions, but there s a lighter side, too. (Boston Globe)
Scramble to publish Nobel laureate's works in Chinese Oct 14, 2009
By this standard, the case of Orhan Pamuk, the 2006 Turkish Nobel laureate, is tantamount to a miracle - more than 300,000 copies of just My Name Is Red have been sold. Yao Yingran, deputy chief editor of Horizon Media, attributes the book's success to Pamuk's unique style rather than the influence of the prize. (Xinhuanet, China)
Herta Mueller wins Nobel Literature Prize Oct 9, 2009
- 2006: Orhan Pamuk, Turkey. - 2005: Harold Pinter, Britain. (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Winners of Nobel Prize in literature since 1960 Oct 8, 2009
2006: Orhan Pamuk, Turkey ... 2006: Orhan Pamuk, Turkey. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
10 must-reads for fall Sep 17, 2009
THE MUSEUM OF INNOCENCE, by Orhan Pamuk (Alfred A. Knopf, Oct. 26). The Nobel Prize-winning Turkish author ("Snow," "My Name Is Red") writes of illicit love and romantic obsession in 1970s Istanbul, where a traditional culture is grappling with new sexual freedoms. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Leaves and pages turn in the fall books preview Sep 7, 2009
by Orhan Pamuk (Knopf). The Turkish author's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize concerns an impossible love. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
New Fall Books Penned by Prizewinners Aug 28, 2009
Novels are coming from Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk and perennial Nobel candidate Philip Roth. "I've had both Philip Roth and Orhan Pamuk described as possible sleepers, which gives you an idea of what the fall is like when those people are sleepers," Tom Nissley, senior books editor at Amazon. (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Thousands protest arrests in coup plot Apr 19, 2009
The Ergenekon gang is suspected in attacks on a newspaper and a courthouse, and plots to kill the prime minister and author Orhan Pamuk, Turkey's Nobel laureate. More from msnbc. (MSNBC -- International)
Who are the'extraordinary' Muslims? Feb 7, 2009
The last native of a Muslim country to receive the Nobel was the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, a secular critic of his native country now living in New York City in virtual exile, unable to return to Istanbul in safety. I favorably reviewed his last novel. (Asia Times Online)
