Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk wins Denmark's Sonning Prize
(AFP) – 6 hours ago
COPENHAGEN — Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk on Monday won the 2012 Sonning Prize, Denmark's highest cultural award that honours contributions to European culture.
Orhan Pamuk, 59, was the first Turkish writer to receive the Nobel Literature Prize, in 2006, for his body of work that discusses the clash of Muslim and Western culture in Turkey.
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