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Pamuk wins Nobel Literature prize | Pamuk wins Nobel Literature prize |
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Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk has won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. | Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk has won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. |
Pamuk, 54, has gained a reputation for tackling controversial issues through his novels and has faced legal action in his homeland. | Pamuk, 54, has gained a reputation for tackling controversial issues through his novels and has faced legal action in his homeland. |
Awarded by the Swedish Academy, the Literature Prize comes with a cheque for 10m kronor (£740,000). | Awarded by the Swedish Academy, the Literature Prize comes with a cheque for 10m kronor (£740,000). |
The Academy said: "In the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city, (Pamuk) has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures." | The Academy said: "In the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city, (Pamuk) has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures." |
It added: "Pamuk has said that growing up, he experienced a shift from a traditional Ottoman family environment to a more Western-oriented lifestyle. | It added: "Pamuk has said that growing up, he experienced a shift from a traditional Ottoman family environment to a more Western-oriented lifestyle. |
"He wrote about this in his first published novel, a family chronicle... which in the spirit of Thomas Mann follows the development of a family over three generations." | "He wrote about this in his first published novel, a family chronicle... which in the spirit of Thomas Mann follows the development of a family over three generations." |
Charges dropped | Charges dropped |
He has published six books in English, the first of these being The White Castle, primarily a historical novel set in 17th-century Istanbul, but also about how stories and fictions build self-perception. | He has published six books in English, the first of these being The White Castle, primarily a historical novel set in 17th-century Istanbul, but also about how stories and fictions build self-perception. |
He has faced prosecution for talking about the murder of hundreds of thousands of Armenians in Turkey during World War I and thousands of Kurds in subsequent years. | |
Under a 2005 law it is illegal for anyone to insult Turks, the republic or Turkish Grand National Assembly. | Under a 2005 law it is illegal for anyone to insult Turks, the republic or Turkish Grand National Assembly. |
The charges have since been dropped. | The charges have since been dropped. |
'Idealistic tendency' | |
Last year's winner was British playwright Harold Pinter, a vociferous critic of US foreign policy. That award triggered accusations that the Swedish Academy was anti-American, left-leaning and politically motivated. | |
The prize is awarded to "the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency". | |
It is given to recognise a body of work, rather than an individual book. | |
The Peace Prize will be announced on Friday. |