2006
Roger D. Kornberg – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture
Roger D. Kornberg – Nobel diploma
Nobel diploma
Orhan Pamuk – Other resources
Other resources
Links to other sites Video ‘Conversations with History: Orhan Pamuk’ from University of California at Berkeley
moreOrhan Pamuk – Nobelvorlesung
Nobel Lecture
German 7. Dezember 2006 Der Koffer meines Vaters Zwei Jahre vor seinem Tod übergab mir mein Vater einen kleinen Koffer, der Texte von ihm enthielt, Manuskripte, Hefte. In dem spöttischen Ton, der ihm so eigen war, sagte er zu mir, ich solle doch nach seinem Tod diese Sachen einmal lesen. „Dann kannst du ja sehen“,…
moreOrhan Pamuk – Prose
Prose
English Excerpt from Istanbul: Memories of a City (Istanbul: Hatıralar Ve Şehir). Here we come to the heart of the matter: I’ve never left Istanbul – never left the houses, streets and neighbourhoods of my childhood. Although I’ve lived in other districts from time to time, fifty years on I find myself…
moreOrhan Pamuk – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Why do you write? This is the question I’ve been asked most often in my writing career. Most of the time they mean this: What is the point, why do you give your time to this strange and impossible activity? Why do you write … You have to give an excuse, an…
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