The article then investigates Pamuk’s sources of inspiration in creating İstanbul’s image which is loaded with melancholy. The essence of the image of İstanbul in İstanbul Memories and the City appears to be a profound sense of melancholy, which gives way to an equally deep sense of happiness that, Pamuk opines, few other cities could possess. TurkeyNow is mede mogelijk gemaakt door Stichting Kulsan en Mystiek productions.The focus of the article is the construction of the city image in Orhan Pamuk’s memory. In 2005, he was named among the world’s 100 TIME magazine chose him as one of the 100 most influential persons of the world. His book Snow, which he describes as ‘my first and last political novel’ was published in 2002. As an author he is celebrated by many books, such as The White Castle, My Name is Red, Istanbul and Snow.įrom the mid-1990s, Pamuk took a critical stance towards the Turkish state in articles about human rights and freedom of thought, although he took little interest in politics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006. Orhan Pamuk (Istanbul, 1952) is a novelist, screenwriter and academic. Would like to attent all programs buy your day-ticket here. This programme is part of Turkey Now! festival. Tijdens dit programma is er beveiliging / There is security for this event Pamuk denies the accusations.Īctress Caroline O’Hara will read a passage from Nights of Plague during the programme. Relevant in the way it describes another pandemic and showing the path to nationalist myths.Īt the moment, Pamuk is facing judicial investigation for insulting the Turkish Flag and the founder of Turkey in his book Nights of Plague. A bold and brilliant novel that imagines a plague ravaging a fictional island in the Ottoman Empire. Pamuk was the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature (2006), because ‘in his search for the melancholy soul of his hometown, Pamuk has discovered new symbols for the collision and interaction of cultures.’ De Balie will enter in conversation about his new book, Nights of Plague.Ī historical novel set in the last decades of the Ottoman Empire. Such as identity, history, and cultural change. Turkey’s most famous author, Orhan Pamuk, is known for tackling big themes in his books.
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