Orhan Pamuk Interview: Do Not Hope for Continuity
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- “I ran away, but I returned, and I will continue to tell its story. It’s natural that I write about it because this is the best place I know.” Watch Nobel Prize-winning novelist Orhan Pamuk in this interview about his relationship with Istanbul - now and then.
“We are living at the edge of Europe with aspirations to be modern and European.” Pamuk, who has spent his whole life in Istanbul, feels that it is a privilege to have witnessed how the city has grown in the span of a lifetime. However, he didn’t become conscious of being a so-called ‘Istanbul-writer’ before he was around 45 years old. Being born into a Westernized middle-class family, he initially wrote mainly about that class, but slowly more and more of the city and its inhabitants have found their way into his books. Nevertheless, Pamuk is clear that he does not embellish the city: “It’s like my body. It’s like our families. Our relationship. What’s given to us by God. My history. I don’t glamorize it.”
On the subject of the melancholy that seems to run through his books, Pamuk explains that he cares about decaying, colonial buildings as it reminds him of the Istanbul of his early days, and goes on to comment on the wisdom that he’s gained from the city: “What I’ve learned in 65 years is: Don’t hope for continuity, don’t naively hope that your memories will be preserved and people will be worshipping, caring or paying attention. Just learn that in the end everything will be washed away. If you learn not to aspire too much, resignation helps.”
Orhan Pamuk (b. 1952) is Turkey’s best selling novelist and the recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. Pamuk is the author of several novels including ‘The White Castle’ (1990), ‘The Black Book’ (1994), ‘My Name is Red’ (2001), ‘Snow’ (2004), ‘The Museum of Innocence’ (2009), ‘Strangeness in My Mind’ (2015) and ‘The Red-Haired Woman’ (2016). He is also the recipient of numerous other prestigious literary awards such as the 2002 Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger and the 2003 International Dublin Literary Award. For more see: www.orhanpamuk.net/
Orhan Pamuk was interviewed by Marc-Christoph Wagner at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark in May 2017.
Camera: Jakob Solbakken and Rasmus Quistgaard
Edited by: Klaus Elmer
Produced by: Marc-Christoph Wagner
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I'm obsessed with his books. His books leave me numb from time to time. I see myself changing with his books. I could tell he has an artistic soul when i read my first book written by him. He is a gem alive.
I just finished reading Istanbul memories and the city...I could not put the book down, such wonderful, real life story! Orhan Pamuk sure made his mother and the nation proud!
amazing talk. this man is surely the most creative novelist alive.
Wonderful! So inspiring! Pamuk is so articulate, smart and compassionate! Thank you Louisiana Channel.
Orhan Bey,
Kitaplarınızda bulduğum dostluğu, gerçeği ve ümidi diyebilirim ki insanlarda bulamadım. Bu bir itiraf değil sadece bir gözlem. Bizlere verdiğiniz bu paha biçilmez hediye için gönülden teşekkür.
Gülden. -- Sarasota FL
Such a beautiful engagement of thoughts. Thanks for this video
Such an insightful man...
Pride isn't a word I use much at all, but Pamuk makes me proud of being Turkish.
Then you must confess to feel ashamed for sins some of your ancestor did as well
@@kqabro what kind of sins?
@@adarozer
Sins about which Pamuk is not allowed to speak in Turkey, or even labelled as traitor
@Tekir Kedi for some he is first class patriot as well.
Every one prints his own certificate, as this printing service is very common in countries like ours.
He has very good English, also his diction is great . I am proud of him too.
Great writter ,salute
Such a brilliant man.
many thanks for very interesting interview!
Excellent interview...... amazing
Gracias por los subtitulos! Llevo años intentando entendelo todo. Desde su primer libro lo adoro
Reading books is a solitary thing... ❤️
Love you Mr. Pamuk.
I dearly wish I could make an interview of yours, one day
Hi Orhan 👋
I am kurdish,
In 2012 , I read your masterpiece ,
the novel: " snow ❄ " in kurdish.
Now the same book is physically in my hands, but in English version, translated by Maureen Freely.
I thought it was a must to reread it again and to go back in memory to have a stroll with your characters through the
snow- covered streets of Kars
Biji Kurdistan.
@@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt 💛💚
Fans of Tuostuevsky are outstanding,i can't find literature in my country anymore
He is genius.
"everything will be washed away"
Robert Spies ???..
I LOVE HIM. I HAD TO STUDY A LOT TO ASSIMILATE HIS HUMANISTIS UNIVERSE. HE IS WONDERFUL. I LEARNED WITH HIS BOOKS MORE ABOUT THE HUMAN BEING AND UNIVERSAL VALUES,. WHEN I READ AGAIN ANY OF HIS BOOKS IT IS LIKE THE FIRST READING BECAUSE WE LOST THINGS.VERY UNIVERSAL.
正在阅读《脑袋》，被历史磨灭甚至忘记的事物有很多，而且总觉得有些伤感，不单单如此，是因为一种新的形式的冲击太突然了。
You are amazing person, do you remember me? I remember you all the time, let’s see each other, you think I am gone? But I am alive waiting for you to call me. You don’t know how much I want to see you all the time‼️‼️‼️how are the girls? My parents? I listen to your interviews all the time. Don’t feel old, you are what ever you feel in your heart ❤️ you are the best man in this world. Call me please I have never that you will be that man. Make sure that you keep safe. If you see my parents tell them that I love them also give them that I love them very much. M
He is exatly a Nobel!!
Why did you decide to be a writer?
Because I loved reading as a child. As I grew up I embraced the spirit of travel. The books I read were amazing portrayals of life styles that I hoped to be a part of. I realize now a writer cannot be at two places at one time. That kind of schism only poibts to darkness. A dark place should not be discovered but explored.
Secret.
Bro daddy
i want to download his book istanbul and the city in turkish language but i can not ..any one can help to download it for free!!
istanbul memories and the city
www.kitabxana.net/files/books/file/1274191446.pdf
Nurdaulet Kuanyshev ..thnx alot😊
this man is a real nobel writer
Did any practicing real Muslim ever get Nobel prize? What is his name? Make me enlightened please.
Aziz Sancar, muslim-turkish MD,
Don't think so. See wikipedia. Anything about his religion? A Muslim should be recognized as Muslim from far away, that he is Muslim. By dress, practice, beard etc. But does he look like western/European, more than a practicing Muslim? Does not sound much modern, right? And sure - yes, "what do I know"? Allah knows the best.
najeeb mahfoos?
Did any human being ever receive a Nobel prize? Everyone who isn't mentally retarded can see immediately that all Nobel laureates are Martians.
I would hope not. A practicing "real" Muslim usually means a backward fundamentalist decrying heathens.
looking like a romanian ienicer
The only intelligent Turkish man.
Istanbul must have been especially 'lovely' at the time slave market was there.
Can you stop for a second ?
He is a false author there are a lot of author in the Turkey better than Orhan Pamuk but he took nobel prize ı dont knoıw why ?
do not agree but there is Elif Shafak also....great writer