Did Herman Wouk and Orhan Pamuk both receive a Nobel Prize for their writing?
Orhan Pamuk Ferit Orhan Pamuk (generally known simply as Orhan Pamuk; born 7 June 1952) is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, his work has sold over thirteen million books in sixty-three languages, making him the country's best-selling writer.
Soth Polin Soth Polin / សុទ្ធ ប៉ូលីន (born February 9, 1943, in the hamlet of Chroy Thmar, Kampong Siem District, Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia) is a famous Khmer writer. His maternal great-grandfather was the poet Nou Kan (who wrote "Teav-Ek", ទាវឯក, a version of Tum Teav, the masterpiece of Cambodian love poetry). He grew up speaking both French and Khmer. Throughout his youth, he immersed himself in the classical literature of Cambodia and, at the same time, the literature and the philosophy of the West. His first novel, "A Meaningless Life", published in 1965 (he was 22 years old), was strongly influenced by Nietzsche, Freud, Sartre and Buddhist philosophy. It was an enormous success. Numerous novels and short stories followed, among them "The Adventurer With No Goal", "A Bored Man", "We Die Only Once", and "Dead Heart". He also worked as a journalist in "Khmer Ekareach" (The Independent Khmer), the newspaper of his uncle, Sim Var, and in the late 1960s, he founded (with Sin Kim Suy) the newspaper and publishing house, "Nokor Thom" (នគរធំ / The Great Kingdom). He was a militant nationalist who was both anti-Sihanouk and anti-communist. Through his newspaper, he supported the pro-American government of General Lon Nol before finally distancing himself and suddenly taking refuge in France in 1974, after the assassination of his friend, Thach Chea, the Deputy Minister of Education. His father and two of his brothers died during the Khmer Rouge regime. He worked in Paris as a taxi driver and published his dark cult novel "The Anarchist", written in French. Later he and his two sons moved to the West Coast of the United States, where he now resides.