Quote by: Orhan Pamuk

I write because I have an innate need to. I write because I can't do normal work. I write because I want to read books like the ones I write. I write because I am angry at everyone. I write because I love sitting in a room all day writing. I write because I can partake of real life only by changing it.


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Author Bio


  • NameOrhan Pamuk
  • DescriptionTurkish novelist, screenwriter, and Nobel Prize in Literature recipient
  • AliasesPamuk
  • BornJune 7, 1952
  • CountryTurkey
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist; Screenwriter; Essayist
  • WorksThe White Castle; The Black Book; The New Life; My Name Is Red; Snow; Istanbul: Memories And The City; The Museum Of Innocence
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Literature; Officer Of The Legion Of Honour; Peace Prize Of The German Book Trade; Prix Du Meilleur Livre Étranger; Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Award For Best Original Screenplay; Grinzane Cavour Prize; International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; Prix Médicis; Ovid Prize; Norman Mailer Prize