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It's been a big week for prizes in literature. Today the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Orhan Pamuk. He is the first person from Turkey to win the Nobel prize for literature. Which is pretty exciting. Particularly because of the state of the world right now, namely whats going on in the Middle East, but clearly I didn't need to spell that out for you. The Nobel prize committee describes his writing as one, "who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures". A list of his works (along with publishing dates) can be found here. And a comprehensive list of past winners for literature can be found here.