Professor
Orhan Pamuk
Istanbul
Writer (novelist), Educator
Area
Humanities and Arts
Specialty
Literature
Elected
2008
International Honorary Member
Nobel Prize-winning novelist and memoirist who studies 'the clash of cultures,' at the intersection of East and West. Western influences, such as Kafka, Borges and Eco, are mixed with Islamic literary influences, including Turkish folk traditions and classical Persian poetry, to create complicated narratives that reflect a world of unexpected combinations. Include complex characters and explore tensions between tradition and modernism.
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