Orhan Pamuk wins the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature
by sernabad
Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk, 54, received the Nobel Prize for Literature yesterday. Never one to shy away from political controversy, the Nobel Prize brings Pamuk full circle in a tumultuous year – last year he was put on trial in his native country for insulting “Turkishness”. Bowing to international outrage, Turkey dropped the charges.
In recognizing Pamuk’s artistic courage, the Nobel Committee stated that the author, “…in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city [Istanbul] has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures.”
Pamuk, who wrote My Name Is Red, The White Castle, and Snow, will receive a $1.4 million purse, gold medal, and diploma, and a place of honor at the December 10 banquet in Stockholm honoring all the winners.
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