A new dedicated website has just launched for Turkish literature at the 2013 London Book Fair, where it will be this year’s Market Focus country. www.lbf2013marketfocusturkey.com is the indispensable ...

NEW YORK – Novelist Orhan Pamuk, an international symbol of literary and social conscience, whose poetic, melancholy journeys into the soul of his native Turkey have brought him the many blessings and ...

In a Monday talk, Turkish author and journalist Elif Batuman told aspiring writers there is no need to feel ashamed for being “embarrassing and awkward” at a young age. Batuman, who holds a doctorate ...

Orhan Pamuk is Turkey’s most well-known author, and his works have been published worldwide in more than 50 languages. Last year, he won the Nobel Prize for literature; in announcing the award, the ...

Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, who was prosecuted by the Turkish government for commenting on the genocide of Armenians during World War I, was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for his ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, whose uncommon lyrical gifts and uncompromising politics have brought him acclaim worldwide and prosecution at home, won the Nobel literature prize ...

Sylvain Cavaillès is an Istanbul-based French translator and the founder of Kontr, the only French publisher focusing exclusively on contemporary Turkish literature. Turkey has a rich literary ...

Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk won the Nobel literature prize on Thursday, for his multitude of works that deal with the symbols of clashing cultures. Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, whose uncommon lyrical ...

The 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to the Istanbul-born novelist Orhan Pamuk, “who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash ...

On All Things Considered, Orhan Pamuk talks to Robert Siegel about his work and winning the Nobel Prize. In the excerpt below, Pamuk discusses Turkey's move toward the West. The winner of the 2006 ...