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Nobel Banquet speech, Orhan Pamuk, 2006

Posted in Orhan Pamuk, Video on Jun 30th, 2009 1 Comment »

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Human Landscapes from My Country

Posted in Books, Nazim Hikmet, Video on Jun 30th, 2009 Comments Off on Human Landscapes from My Country

Synopsis:* A vital part of modern Turkish literature, Hikmet (1902-1963) was a poet whose lyrics, as sung by leftist performers such as Pete Seeger, had international resonance, and whose repeated imprisonments drew protests from the likes of Pablo Picasso and Jean-Paul Sartre. This novel in verse, written during one long prison sentence in the 1940s, […]

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