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Turkey\u2019s Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk has said that he has mixed emotions about the publication of his books by Persian companies in Iran.<\/p>\n
Speaking during a press conference organized by his Iranian publisher Qoqnus at Tehran\u2019s Niavaran Cultural Historical Palace on Wednesday, he said that he feels doubly happy when a his work published in Persian, but he also feels dissatisfied with it since Iran does not hold a membership in any of the international copyright conventions.<\/p>\n
He noted that he wants his books to be published based on the international conventions on copyrights and by a single publisher and translator.<\/p>\n
He pointed to the historical affinities between Turkey and Iran and said that he feels at home in Iran. <\/p>\n
This is the second time Pamuk is visiting Iran as he says that he takes pleasure from being in Tehran. Iranian publishers have previously released Pamuk\u2019s works, the first of which came out 25 years ago. <\/p>\n
Qoqnus has published Persian versions of his \u201cThe White Castle\u201d and \u201cThe New Life\u201d with translations by Arsalan Fasih who is Pamuk\u2019s favorite translator in Persian.<\/p>\n
Fasih also translated \u201cCevdet Bey and His Sons\u201d that was released by Nika Publishing House, which also published his \u201cThe Black Book\u201d, translated by Einollah Gharib.<\/p>\n
Pamuk\u2019s \u201cThe Red Haired Woman\u201d, \u201cMy Name Is Red\u201d, \u201cSecret Face\u201d, \u201cIstanbul: Memories and the City\u201d, \u201cOther Colors\u201d and \u201cA Strangeness in My Mind\u201d have also been published in Persian.<\/p>\n
He said that he wrote \u201cThe Black Book\u201d under the influence of the Mantiq at-Tayr (The Conference of the Birds), the magnum opus of Iranian mystic and poet Attar Neyshaburi.<\/p>\n
Due to its Iranian theme, \u201cMy Name Is Red\u201d is viewed by the Iranian readers of his works as an Iranian story rather than a Turkish one, said Pamuk who won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature.<\/p>\n
Asked about the impact of the prize on his professional life, he said that his works had been published in 46 languages before he received the honor, but now his works have readers from 63 languages.<\/p>\n
Like many other writers, he said that he wanted to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, but not at 54, and added that he expected to win the prize at 75 when he would have quit smoking to celebrate the win with a cigarette. <\/p>\n
He said that writing has changed into a difficult job after receiving the prize and noted that in his journeys to across the world, many people expect him to backbite the Nobel Prize, but he said that the Nobel Prize has been very good for his health and jokingly advised the journalists to get one.<\/p>\n
Writers do not like their works to be abridged even if only one word is cut, Pamuk said after he was asked about the censorship of his books in Iran. He added that writers here are faced with the dilemma of choosing between the censorship of their works and putting them on ice.<\/p>\n
Pamuk\u2019s visit to Iran has been organized by Qoqnus. He is scheduled to pay a visit to the 31st Tehran International Book Fair and hold meetings with a number of Iranian writers and translators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Turkey\u2019s Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk has said that he has mixed emotions about the publication of his books by Persian companies in Iran. Speaking during a press conference organized by his Iranian publisher Qoqnus at Tehran\u2019s Niavaran Cultural Historical Palace on Wednesday, he said that he feels doubly happy when a his work published in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,7],"tags":[812,399,811,813,815,814],"yoast_head":"\n