The University of Crete and the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (FORTH) cordially invite you to an open discussion with the Nobel Prize – winning novelist Orhan Pamuk*, Honorary Doctor of the Department of Philology at the University of Crete, in the frame of the 5th Book Festival of Chania.

📅 Thursday, May 21, 2026
🕕 6:00 PM
📍 Institute for Mediterranean Studies (FORTH)
130 Nikiforou Foka & I. Melissinou Street, Rethymno

We would be honored by your presence.

*Widely regarded as one of the most distinguished voices in contemporary literature, Orhan Pamuk is Turkey’s most renowned novelist and the recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. His internationally acclaimed works, including My Name Is Red, Snow, and The Museum of Innocence, explore themes of memory, identity, history, and the dialogue between East and West. Translated into more than sixty languages, his novels have captivated readers around the world.