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The Museum of Innocence (Turkish: Masumiyet Müzesi) is a novel by the Turkish Nobel-laureate novelist Orhan Pamuk, published on August 29, 2008.The book, set in Istanbul between 1975 and 1984, is an account of the love story between a wealthy businessman, Kemal, and a poorer distant relative of his, Füsun.
The Museum of Innocence (Turkish: Masumiyet Müzesi) is a museum in a 19th-century house in Istanbul created by novelist Orhan Pamuk as a companion to his novel The Museum of Innocence. The museum and the novel were created in tandem, centred on the stories of two Istanbul families.
Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born 7 June 1952; Turkish pronunciation: [feˈɾit oɾˈhan paˈmuk] [1]) is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic, and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, [ 2 ] he has sold over 13 million books in 63 languages, [ 3 ] making him the country's best-selling writer.
There were concerns within Turkey that the decision to award the Nobel Prize to Pamuk was politically motivated. [6] In its citation, the academy said: "In the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city, [Pamuk] has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures." [7] The choice of Pamuk was generally well received.
Istanbul: Memories and the City (İstanbul: Hatıralar ve Şehir) is a largely autobiographical memoir by Orhan Pamuk that is deeply melancholic. It talks about the vast cultural change that has rocked Turkey – the unending battle between the modern and the receding past. It is also a eulogy to the lost joint family tradition.
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Inspired by Orhan Pamuk's 2008 novel The Museum of Innocence, it premiered at the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival, ...
Orhan Pamuk (born 1952), Turkish novelist and Nobel Prize winner Şevket Pamuk (born 1950), Turkish economist, brother of Orhan Pamuk Uğur Pamuk (born 1989), Azerbaijani international footballer