University of Crete's Department of Philology
Pamuk to be awarded honorary doctorate by University of Crete
The University of Crete's Department of Philology will award an honorary doctorate to the 65-year-old Turkish author Orhan Pamuk, it was reported on Saturday.
University officials said they made the decision in order to honor Pamuk - winner of the Nobel prize for literature in 2006 - whom they described as a world-renowned author and a champion of democracy and human rights.