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What language is Pamuk written?
Speaking at the Jaipur literary festival in India, Pamuk, whose much-feted novels including My Name is Red, Snow and The Museum of Innocence were all written in Turkish, lamented the western world’s dominance over literary culture. “Most of the writers at a festival such as Jaipur [write] in English,” he said.
What is the name of the first written works of Turkish literature?
Kutadgu Bilig
The earlier written works Kutadgu Bilig and Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk date to the second half of the 11th century and are the earliest known examples of Turkish literature with few exceptions. One of the most important figures of early Turkish literature was the 13th century Sufi poet Yunus Emre.
Who is the author of Istanbul?
Orhan Pamuk
Istanbul: Memories and the City/Authors
What was the literary language of the Ottoman Empire?
Among the numerous Turkic dynasties of Central Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the Caucasus, only the post-Mongol Anatolian states and then the Ottoman Empire maintained Turkish as a literary language.
Who is the killer in My Name is Red?
The murderer is the anonymous killer of both Elegant and Enishte. Throughout the novel, the murderer’s identity is kept a secret, and only at the very end (spoiler alert!) does the reader discover that it’s Olive.
Which best selling author has won the Nobel Peace Prize for literature?
Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born 7 June 1952) is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey’s most prominent novelists, his work has sold over thirteen million books in sixty-three languages, making him the country’s best-selling writer.
What was the writing of the Ottoman Empire?
The Ottoman Turkish alphabet (Ottoman Turkish: الفبا, elifbâ) is a version of the Arabic alphabet used to write Ottoman Turkish until 1928, when it was replaced by the Latin-based modern Turkish alphabet….
| Ottoman Turkish alphabet | |
|---|---|
| Direction | right-to-left script |
| Languages | Ottoman Turkish |
| Related scripts |
Who wrote Diwan?
Khusraw composed most of his poems in the Valley of Yumgan, a remote mountainous region in Badakhshan (in present-day Afghanistan). The Divan contains around 11,000 verses of Khusraw’s own poetry, reflecting philosophical, religious, and personal themes.
Who wrote 40 rules of love?
Elif Shafak
The Forty Rules of Love/Authors
What were the 3 main languages of the Ottoman Empire?
In most of Anatolia, Turkish was the majority language, but Greek, Armenian and, in the east and southeast, Kurdish and Aramaic languages were also spoken….Languages of the Ottoman Empire.
| Languages of Ottoman Empire | |
|---|---|
| Official | Ottoman Turkish |
| Significant | Arabic, Persian |
Who was Elegant Effendi?
Enishte Effendi, maternal uncle of Black, who is in charge of the creation of a secret book for the Sultan in the style of the Venetian painters. Shekure, Enishte’s beautiful daughter with whom Black is in love; Shekure (related to English ‘sugar’ refers to Shirin, meaning ‘sweet’, also the name of Pamuk’s mother).
What was the age of Orhan when the novel My Name Is Red begins?
Enishte tells Black that the portrait of the Sultan that is to be included in the secret book will be painted in the Venetian style, as a genuine portrait of the man. This will be a departure from the impersonal style of the Islamic miniaturists. Chapter 6 is told by Orhan, Shekure’s six-year-old son.