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Born June 7, 1952 (age 72) • Istanbul • Turkey
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2006)
Notable Works “A Strangeness in My Mind” • “Cevdet Bey ve oğulları” • “Silent House” • “Snow” • “The Museum of Innocence” • “The Red-Haired Woman” • “The White Castle”

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