Last month, the Duke Middle East Studies Center hosted Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk. His visit included a public conversation with Erdağ Göknar (his book translator) who said Pamuk’s work “embraces the idea of the novelist as archivist and curator."

The Nobel Prize-winning author, Orhan Pamuk, published a novel titled Museum of Innocence

Duke University will host a series of public events Nov. 10-13 featuring Nobel Laureate in Literature Orhan Pamuk. The author of eight novels, Pamuk is the winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature for works including “My Name is Red” and “Snow.”

Events held Nov. 10-13 include a documentary film screening, public conversation with Pamuk, faculty forum.

Göknar's book explores three decades of Orhan Pamuk’s works. "Turkey is an enigma for students who don’t know how to read its secular and religious traditions together. Using the vehicle of Pamuk and his work, this book performs a dual reading."