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Orhan Pamuk

1952 - Today

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Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born 7 June 1952; Turkish pronunciation: [feˈɾit oɾˈhan paˈmuk]) is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic, and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, he has sold over 13 million books in 63 languages, making him the country's best-selling writer. Pamuk's novels include Silent House, The White Castle, The Black Book, The New Life, My Name Is Red and Snow. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Orhan Pamuk has received more than 1,638,934 page views. His biography is available in 109 different languages on Wikipedia. Orhan Pamuk is the 187th most popular writer (up from 222nd in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 95th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Turkish Writer.

Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish novelist, poet, academic and journalist. He is best known for his novels The White Castle and My Name is Red.

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  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 109

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Orhan Pamuk ranks 187 out of 5,755. Before him are Juvenal, Mansur Al-Hallaj, Georges Simenon, Sigrid Undset, François-René de Chateaubriand, and John Steinbeck. After him are Mario Vargas Llosa, Svetlana Alexievich, Quintilian, Snorri Sturluson, Terence, and Karen Blixen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Orhan Pamuk ranks 5. Before him are Vladimir Putin, Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson, and Steven Seagal. After him are Harvey Weinstein, Christopher Reeve, Park Geun-hye, Roberto Benigni, Vajiralongkorn, Mickey Rourke, and Nelson Piquet.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Orhan Pamuk ranks 84 out of 1,301. Before him are Alexios I Komnenos (1048), Şehzade Cihangir (1531), Abdulmejid II (1868), Aristotle Onassis (1906), Constantine VII (905), and Theodosius II (401). After him are Abdülaziz (1830), Mustafa IV (1779), Valerian (200), Manuel I Komnenos (1118), Piri Reis (1470), and Honorius (384).

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Among WRITERS In Turkey

Among writers born in Turkey, Orhan Pamuk ranks 5. Before him are Hesiod (-800), Lucian (120), Anacreon (-570), and Constantine VII (905). After him are Anna Komnene (1083), Dionysius of Halicarnassus (-60), Ammianus Marcellinus (330), Yunus Emre (1240), Giorgos Seferis (1900), Novatian (220), and Theodore the Studite (759).

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