Biography
The Turkish writer Orhahan Pamuk is known as a novelist, revealing the theme of the confrontation of the East and the West. In his works, traditional culture often comes into conflict with modernity. Having received world recognition and the Nobel Prize in literature, Pamuk, however, remains in his homeland an contradictory figure. Some of the compatriots ranks him with the heroes, defending civil libeys, others call the traitor.Childhood and youth
Orhan Pamuk - Singer Istanbul, the work of the Turk is connected with the old town, where he was born in 1952. Romanist's ancestors came to Turkey from the Caucasus. Being Circassians, they had an extraordinarily bright skin color for new places, for which they were and called Pamuk, which means "cotton".
The boy's family was rich and formed. His grandfather made a fortune on the construction of railways, and the father of Gundyude was engaged in the prestigious profession of engineer. Parents adhered to the views of pro-Western and liberal, were interested in other people's cultures and lived with secular values.
The family dwells in a large apartment building, where all the neighbors were close relatives. The household was filled with her grandmother, which after the death of her husband became the unlawful head of the family. Without the main miner, welfare has deteriorated before the eyes, but the writer with gratitude and tenderness recalls children's years when he got out of the apartment in the apartment, and in every place he loved and poured.
Embed from getty imagesThe boy adored books and drink reading. This hobby was only facilitated by the Father's library of 1.5 thousand volumes, which caused awe in the future writer. Orhan dreamed all his life to collect his own and was able to realize the intention, already becoming a famous author. In the book assembly of Turkka 12 thousand books that serve as a source of inspiration. A special place in this collection is occupied by Russian writers, the admiration of which the prozaic has retained for life.
The future novelist attended the American School Robert College by graduating from which he entered the Istanbul University of Technology. Following the wishes of the parents, Orhan began to learn from the architect, but she lasted only 3 years. Throwing studies, the young man stated his intention to become a writer and went to the journalistic faculty. Father himself secretly writing the "desk", the son supported. But the mother thought this occupation is non-serious. After graduating from the university in 1977, the young man did not work as a profession and decided to take the first novel.
Books
The debut novel "Jevdd-Bay and his sons" came out in 1982 and immediately marked by two prizes. The book is a family Saga and talks about the three generations of the family, which is experiencing the transition to new values. After reading the first manuscript of the Son, Father Orhan predicted that he would receive the Nobel Prize.The next book "House of Silence" came out a year later, and again introduced the history of "fathers and children", mixed on the collision of views and cultures, flavored by nostalgia. The work was transferred to a number of European languages, and about the writer spoke as a master of the word.
"The Black Book", published in 1990, became a literary event. The historical novel-search was shielded a year later, the famous Turkish director Emer Cavur. Critics noted the creative individuality of the author, having deep national roots and the combining oriental and western beginning.
Stylistic plasticity and ability to think in two mental planes allow the novelist to travel between the worlds of Europe and Asia, avoiding conflict and leaving the level of genuine dialogue of cultures.
In subsequent years, "My name is red", "Snow" and "Istanbul. City of memories. " In the last novel, the motives of their own biography, inextricably linked with an expensive heart, where every stone is saturated with a millennial history, is clearly traced. In 2005, Orhan Pamuk was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature as a writer, "who in search of the melancholic soul of his native city found new symbols for the collision and intertwining of cultures."
Since then, the Turkish author is recognized as a living classic, and the bibliography has been replenished with the books of the Museum of Innocence and "My Strange Thoughts".
Personal life
Orhan married in 1982 by Isline Turgyn. The writer's wife was engaged in historical studies and in 1985 received an American scholarship. For this reason, the family moved to New York, where Pamuk has taught Turkish in Columbia University for 3 years. There were no children for almost 10 years old, but in 1991, Ryuya daughter was born. The name of the long-awaited girl is translated as a "dream."
Embed from getty imagesIn 2001, a fracture took place in the personal life of the novelist: he divorced his wife. In those years, a man was attributed to a novel with a colleague from India Kiran Desai. However, prolonged relationships are associated with a writer with another woman - Aslah Akyavash, with which Orhan lives a civil marriage from 2010.
In 2005, Prosais gave an interview with the Swiss newspaper, where he said about the Armenian Genocide in Turkish Earth. The writer's statement led to a storm of indignation and judicial claims in his homeland, after which he decided to leave to America in forced emigration, fearing his life. Now a man lives into two countries: he spends part of the time in New York, and the rest - in Istanbul. Orhan still receives accusations of "detachment of the image of Turkey" from compatriots, and the quotes from that article Pamuchi recall to this day.
Orhan Pamuk now
The last novel of the writer "Red-haired woman" was published in 2016. The book tells about the love of the young lyceist to the mysterious actress of the Stray Theater. The event that happened in the youth had a fateful influence on his entire fate. The multilayer plot reveals the hero in different stages of life: First, the reader sees him in an inexperienced young man, then - an energetic man and in the end - the old man's moat. In Russian, the book was first issued by the publishing house "Foreign".Embed from getty imagesNow fans expect from the author of new works. In an interview with the "Millets" newspaper, Pamuk said that now she worries over the novel "Plague Nights", the action of which unfolds in 1900. The Nobel laureate admitted that he was thinking over the plot of the work of almost 35 years. He still writes books from hand without resorting to helping a computer.
A man is engaged not only by writing. It is known among his hobbies - painting and photography. From February 2019, the photo exhibition of Orhans Pamuku was held in Istanbul, where he presented 600 shots of the beloved city made from the balcony of his apartment for several years. A series of pictures in the chronological sequence adds to the similarity of the photorema, in which a fascinating story is being glad.
Quotes
"I want God, in front of which I don't need to make shoes, do not kneel and kiss someone's hand. God who will understand my loneliness. "" I didn't notice happiness not because I wanted to save, but because I was afraid to lose it. "" Make what is right, it does not always make a man happy. "" I wish I would know Love Does people make people stupid, or only fools fall in love? "Bibliography
- 1979 - "Jevad-Bay and his sons"
- 1983 - "House of Silence"
- 1985 - "White Fortress"
- 1990 - "Black Book"
- 1994 - "New Life"
- 1998 - "My name is red"
- 1999 - "Other colors"
- 2002 - "Snow"
- 2003 - "Istanbul. City of memories "
- 2008 - "Museum of Innocence"
- 2014 - "My Strange Thoughts"
- 2016 - "Red-haired woman"