Orhan Pamuk.

Born in Istanbul in 1952, Orhan Pamuk grew up in a family of Francophiles. After studying architecture and journalism, he dedicated himself to writing. In 2006, his work was honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature. Orhan Pamuk’s novels depict the conflicts of a society torn between East and West. Awarded numerous prizes (including the Prix Médicis étranger, the New York Times Best Foreign Book Award, the Prix France-Culture, and the European Discovery Prize), his novels, selling more than seven million copies worldwide, have been translated into 58 languages. His latest works, such as « My Name is Red » (2001), « Snow » (2005), and « Istanbul: Memories and the City » (2007), published by Gallimard, have enjoyed both public and critical acclaim.