Pamuk wins Denmark's Cultural Award

Turkish writer and Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk yesterday won the 2012 Sonning Prize, which is Denmark’s highest cultural award that honors contributions to European culture. A statement made by jury at the University of Copenhagen said, "Orhan Pamuk’s largest contribution to European culture is his obvious challenge of the cultural boundaries and his clarification of the many possibilities that lie within crossing those boundaries." The statement also said that Pamuk’s works "contains a strong belief in a Europe with fewer cultural boundaries, an inclusive Europe that does not choose between East and West but instead attempts to unite the two." Pamuk will receive his prize at a reception to be held in Copenhagen on October 26.