Following the assassination of the Turkish/Armenian journalist Hrant Dink and the string of prosecutions of Turkish authors (usually for "defaming Turkishness"), Nobel Prize-winner Orhan Pamuk has moved to New York City, reports The Telegraph.The news comes on the heels of the cancellation of a reading tour by Elif Shafak, author of The Bastard of Istanbul, nixed because of safety concerns. The Village Voice posted a profile of Shafak yesterday.
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