Orhan Pamuk

(IWP 1985) Winner of 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. Peter Nazareth remembers:

"Orhan Pamuk was in the IWP in 1985. He was very focused on his writing. He used to sleep until noon and do his writing in the afternoon. At night, he used to go downtown with his best (and maybe only) friend from the IWP, Harry from Ireland; apparently this is how he got material for his writing (that is, from being downtown). He seemed to enjoy playing table tennis in the Mayflower, where all the writers lived. His wife, a doctor, joined him for a short period. He was friendly but reserved, though from another perspective, this indicates that he knew exactly what he wanted to do: write."

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