The Museum of Innocence

by Orhan Pamuk

2009 ~ 1st Edition 4th Printing & $28.95 on DJ

author won The Dublin IMPAC Award & Nobel Prize

Knopf, 2009. VG++. Minor edge wear, mild surface flaws; Clean, bright and tight. A quality collectible copy.

Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born on 7 June 1952 in Istanbul) generally known simply as Orhan Pamuk, is a Turkish novelist. He is also the Robert Yik-Fong Tam Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, where he teaches comparative literature and writing.

One of Turkey’s most prominent novelists, his work has sold over seven million books in more than fifty languages, making him the country’s best-selling writer. Pamuk is the recipient of numerous literary awards, including the Nobel Prize in Literature 2006—the first Nobel Prize to be awarded to a Turkish citizen.

# 1979 Milliyet Press Novel Contest Award (Turkey) for his novel Karanlık ve Işık (co-winner)
# 1983 Orhan Kemal Novel Prize (Turkey) for his novel Cevdet Bey ve Oğulları
# 1984 Madarali Novel Prize (Turkey) for his novel Sessiz Ev
# 1990 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (United Kingdom) for his novel Beyaz Kale
# 1991 Prix de la Découverte Européenne (France) for the French edition of Sessiz Ev : La Maison de Silence
# 1991 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (Turkey) Best Original Screenplay Gizli Yüz
# 1995 Prix France Culture (France) for his novel Kara Kitap : Le Livre Noir
# 2002 Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger (France) for his novel My Name Is Red : Mon Nom est Rouge
# 2002 Premio Grinzane Cavour (Italy) for his novel My Name Is Red
# 2003 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (Ireland) for his novel My Name Is Red (awarded jointly with translator Erdağ M. Göknar)
# 2005 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (Germany)
# 2005 Prix Medicis Etranger (France) for his novel Snow : La Neige
# 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature (Sweden)
# 2006 Washington University’s Distinguished Humanist Award (United States)