NMLP P-037063 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
My Name Is Red
Orhan Pamuk · Alfred A. Knopf (New York) / Faber and Faber (London) · 2001
The absolute true first in any language is the Turkish 'Benim Adım Kırmızı' (İletişim Yayınları, Istanbul, 1998). The English firsts are both 2001 — the US Knopf hardcover and the UK Faber paperback original — in Göknar's translation. The English translation won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2003, and Pamuk won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-037063 for "My Name Is Red" by Orhan Pamuk (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037063, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).