In 2008 Göknar translated famous modernist Turkish author Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar's iconic novel A Mind at Peace (Archipelago, 2008), which was supported by a translation grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Göknar's translation of Atiq Rahimi's Earth and Ashes (Harcourt, 2004) was shortlisted for the same award.
In recognition of its status in Pamuk's oeuvre, the novel was re-published in Erdağ Göknar's translation as part of the Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics series in 2010.