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Nobel Prize in Literature 2006

Orhan Pamuk

Türkiye

Orhan Pamuk received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006, making them laureate number 103 since the prize was first awarded in 1901.

They are the only writer from Türkiye to have won the prize.

Our pick for reading Orhan Pamuk for the first time is My Name Is Red.

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