Nobel Banquet speech, Orhan Pamuk, 2006

Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature 2006 Orhan Pamuk presents his speech about why he writes at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 2006. For more information about the Nobel Prize in Literature, please visit: nobelprize.org/...

[@songli5486]

I am half way through reading his Museum of innocence, in Chinese, and can't help searching for his news on internet, which brought me here. I love his works. I will read all his books and visit Istanbul someday.

[@songli5486]

And who cares about his accent? He is good enough to speak with thick accent and people would still like to listen, period.

[@pasojamakovic9582]

He is astonishing writer which we lucky to have living in our era,,please Song read “Snow” and “red haired woman” after that visit Istanbul ❤️

[@conniek.4971]

@@pasojamakovic9582 I visited Istanbul last year, and now begin to read Snow every night in China. Hope find more connection between the city and the book.

[@neandertalheroo]

Read those: The New Life, The Black Book, The Strangeness in My Head. Much enjoyable than the Museum of Inc.

[@fattimalaway]

"My Name is Red ", what a piece! Your writing leaves me numb from time to time

[@lainsoundtrack8309]

Best writer alive in the world!

[@FALLAND]

hmmmmmmmmmmm nope

[@musamirix]

Why?

[@beautylover311]

we are always children...we ve just weared the dress of RESPONSIBILITY.

[@tiredoflife12]

Mükemmel konuşma. Mükemmel bir yazar. Tebrikler sayın Pamuk!

[@iynur]

whaaaat there're ppl who thought his pronunciation was not good? that's so ridiculous English is not his mother tongue whats the point of all the doubts?? it's such an excellent speech and im so obsessed with his novels, such a master!

[@mayacardano9905]

I agree!

[@fjollornaz]

very poetic.

[@pasojamakovic9582]

Beautiful writer maybe best living novelist I love his work and have read most of it,and he has same name as my late father

[@esragundogdu8982]

Today I was this video after a few Nobel speeches from amazing novelists like Kazio Ishiguro. I have to say the speech has a humor and a familiar taste that we find in his books. I was a child when he won this Nobel prize and of course it was sensetional at that times and I think I don’t even have to say it but he was always a controversial figure for Turkish public. Now as a 31 years old grown up who literally listens this speech for the first time I couldn’t feel more satisfied and fun. It should have been much more appritiated.

[@eltambordeoskar698]

Orhan Pamuk writes his novels in Turkish. His English is just like mine: poor. He is able to express himself with some kind of precision, yet he can’t use as many shades as he does in Turkish. I suppose someone else corrected his Nobel speech or even translated it from Pamuk’s native language. I know his accent is too obvious and a little disturbing, but I suggest you the following: study Turkish and try to read a passage loud. You would likely sound funny. I read Pamuk’s work in Spanish. I cannot criticize him linguistically, for I don’t know Turkish (what matters the most to me of Pamuk’s work is his technical achievements and erudition). Maybe, the man who’s actually able to do that is Pamuk’s translator, Rafael Carpintero, who has lived in Turkey for decades and probably understands Pamuk’s prose better than any of us.

[@Missyshafako]

Jorge Andrés Bayas his accent is bad. However, it does not affect his fluency. In fact, maybe the irony is, he graduated from a very prominent school in Turkey. An american school namely Robert College...

[@jaxnabra1557]

Just because his accent is a bit bad that doesn't mean he can't speak English. We're not all obligated to speak with a Yankee accent...

[@eltambordeoskar698]

@@jaxnabra1557 Good point.

[@gladysrodriguez5498]

Yhe traslator in Spanish was excelent! I love Pamuk. He has an original sensibility that I am thanful for give me that.

[@melisa9579]

Hi i am turkish woman. I read his books main language and i can say yes he has got some weaknesses about language rules and sentences qualites but i can say he so smart and so tallented about made charecter and made or find story. I am proud of him.

[@daphne_kiss]

As a Turk, I'm of course proud of him; Nobel is a big organisation and Orhan Pamuk really deserves it. But after Nights of Plague; it seems like he is not a Turkish anymore. First of all he doesn't act like a Turkish anymore; and it seems like he doesn't care about the values that a Turk has to protect. Maybe I'm wrong; that's my opinion I never met personally, so don't get me wrong. And of course he can do whatever he wants to do. That's just my opinion. And I really love to read his books. For instance; Museum of Innocense was really perfect.

[@slickfast]

@Igotangry Wow. I don't know where all of this negativity comes from, but it certainly isn't welcome. He is a writer... that part is not up for subjectivity. He dedicates his life to writing and literature. That is what a writer does. You may choose to not think certain people are good writers, but that doesn't mean they're not writers in the first place. They're just bad writers, in your opinion. Personally I've read some of his literature, and I found it to be thought provoking and insightful.

[@ruchpat1]

Thank you Nobel Prize for posting this video.

[@pramitpalit3895]

What a beautiful speech... 👍🏼

[@slickfast]

Interesting speech. I definitely don't feel childish and alive when I'm writing, but to each their own. I'm just glad that someone doing what they love is getting recognition. It confirms my beliefs about what to do with my life.

[@nma4743]

U wrote this 12 years ago are u still alive?😭

[@TheLizubizu]

che grande!

[@vaisakhvm1726]

Wonderful speech❤... Wished it was long!

[@Yorcen]

Everybody who serve the global system is beeing awarded.

[@swadeshj2481]

This comment is stirring something up in me.could you please help me clarify your statement by referring source materials from which you made this conclusion? Thank you.it would be fine if u reply to this

[@omerfarukbayhan9858]

@@swadeshj2481 A man who slandered his own nation by saying that the Turks committed a massacre of armenians, and thanks to this slander, he was deemed worthy of the Nobel Prize. global powers...

[@anishabasukala8520]

'The new life' brought me here 😍

[@sysyigit]

great speech =) muhteşem bir konuşma.

[@learninggk3669]

Thanks

[@aishwaryao4769]

Very connective

[@beautylover311]

@sabasado read oscar wilde. he'll give you the reason why artists NEVER have good speeches.

[@yusuftorun8960]

Then please watch Camus’ nobel speech

[@gladysrodriguez5498]

Gracias por subtitulos

[@gulfilizisik7270]

❤️

[@AlperenGenc]

@supremeTurk bu adama hangi sebeple vatan haini diyebiliyorsun? Anlamadığın bir konuşma hakkında nasıl duygulanıp duygulanmamaktan bahsedebiliyorsun?

[@munnakarim2282]

🙏❤️🌻

[@batse1]

have you ever read "le petit prince". It's a good speech. All the best to you mr pamuk // eri

[@AishwaryaPratimRabha]

OG

[@MRselahaddin1]

Türkçe konuşmasını tercih ederdim Türkçe yazan bir yazar kendi edebiyat dili olan Türkçeyi konuşmalı bence..

[@susyk_susyk]

👍👍👍

[@vleraberisha9276]

Woah

[@TamaraKarelidze]

[@dream-wk2yq]

🥰🥰🥰

[@westerlund24]

Nervös?

[@SasapessoS]

compared to his writings, actually very poor speech.

[@ttpdaoty]

Sasapesso He has social anxiety so he becomes nervous.

[@pichilmi]

ilkolkuldan terk misin?

[@erimaydnalp2318]

He is not a Turk. Nobel is a completely political award

[@parliparli5910]

He is Turkish but Turks hate him because he speaks about 1915 Armenian

[@hakanemreklc7696]

no, greek writer orhan pamuki

[@Mry985]

Unfortunately

[@Pluttig]

Dear mister, please keep writing instead of giving speech. Keep on doing the thing you're good at! Giving speech is not it.

[@mayacardano9905]

This is his moment, why does he have to be perfect with his speech? He’s a brilliant writer that’s all people care about. Thats why he’s up there being natural himself. People has always some shit to say.

[@lunaaksoy]

Although Ayse Kulin is a better writer than Orhan Pamuk for me, I want to gift Ayşe Kulin with a song "Onlar yanlış biliyor" by Candan Erçetin.

[@nancy8605]

Let's highlight the word "for me" here

[@smayundav09]

The undeserving are often lucky.

[@kanki7037]

He isnt worth the nobel...very mediocre..read his novels...maybe they wanted someone from middle east to award....some are lucky ..his publicity must have helped..

[@ulasakyildiz]

in which aspects do you believe that he is lacking of?

[@kanki7037]

I should be first impressed after reading..which I didn't feel..long winded stories...you tell me the aspects on which you think a writer can be considered ..I will give my opinion..even if I judge taking criteria say like characterisation.. issues dealt..language..it will be academic excercise..