Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature, was awarded the Legion of Honor, France's highest award, after receiving the prestigious Danish "Sonning" award on Friday.
"Despite all the official recognitions, you remain an avant-garde writer," said the French Minister of Culture Aurelie Filippetti, receiving the writer whose books have sold more than 11 million copies worldwide.
"The freedom of your style perfectly corresponds to human freedom... You who never hesitated, even at the cost of great solitude, to stand up against oblivion and historical silence," she added.
In 2006, he was the first Turkish writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature
Pamuk (60) is one of the rare Turkish intellectuals who publicly acknowledged the Turkish genocide against the Armenians in 2005. He was prosecuted several times in his home country, and after moving to the United States in 2007, where he still lives today, extremists threatened him with death.
He is a Turkish author whose works are best sellers in the world and have been translated into more than 60 languages. In 2006, he was the first Turkish writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Many of his novels have already become classics, such as "The Quiet House", "My Name Is Red", "The Black Book", "Other Colors", "Snow", "Museum of Innocence"...
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