Nobel prize for literature winner announced

The winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature for 2006 is Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk. You can read his bio-bibliography at the Nobel Prize site. Some of his titles in English include The white castle, 1991; The black book, 1994; The new life, 1997; My name is Red, 2001; Snow, 2004 and Istanbul: memories and the city, 2005. You can also listen to a telephone interview with Orhan conducted after he won the award.