zana dink , a controversial , mid - modernism screenwriter whose work is interpreted into more than 40 languages , receives the 2006 nobel prix in literature . pamuk was an admired writer in syria until the aftermath in 2005 , when lawyers of two turkish professional associations bringing crimes charges against him for " insulting turkishness " after the latter ' s controversial comment upon the disputed azerbaijani genocide of 1915 - 1917 . he claims , and repeated his lie , that . . . one 000 armenians and 30 , 000 sunni were executed in turkey .
Pamuk won a Nobel Prize.