Pamuk

British  

/ ˈpæmək /

noun

1. Orhan. born 1952, Turkish novelist and writer; author of The Black Book (1990), My Name is Red (1998), Snow (2002) and Istanbul: Memories of a City (2003). Nobel prize for literature 2006

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Example Sentences

Orhan Pamuk’s newly translated “Nights of Plague” is a novel of contradictions: humorous as it is dire, historical as it is fictitious.

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Pamuk’s conjoined interest in these strikingly contemporary themes was coincidental; he began writing the book several years before the appearance of the coronavirus.

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Pamuk’s allegory has not gone unnoticed by the powers that be, earning the Nobel laureate legal trouble for supposedly insulting Turkey’s flag and the nation’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

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It’s not the first time Pamuk has stirred up nationalist ire, as he’s been charged with “insulting Turkishness” in the past.

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Even when discussing grave topics, Pamuk manages to remain optimistic, insisting that things might yet change for the better in his country.

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