Prize announcement
Announcement of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature to Orhan Pamuk, presented by Professor Horace Engdahl, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 12 October 2006.
Following the announcement, Professor Horace Engdahl was interviewed by freelance journalist Ola Larsmo about the 2006 Nobel Laureate in Literature.
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