Orhan Pamuk was assigned the Nobel Prize for Literature on 12 October 2006 with the following motivation: "In the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city, (Pamuk) has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of different cultures".
His works include:
The White Castle (1990),
The Black Book (1994),
The New Life (1997),
My Name is Red (2001),
Snow (2004),
Istanbul (2005).