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Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Набоков [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ nɐˈbokəf] ⓘ; 22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1899 – 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (Владимир Сирин), was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist.
Jun 28, 2024 · Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian-born American novelist and critic and the foremost of the post-1917 emigre authors. He wrote in both Russian and English, and his best works, including Lolita (1955), feature stylish, intricate literary effects.
Oct 15, 2023 · You’ll notice the way synesthesia guides his pen, and you’ll pick up his themes of exile, wonder, the afterlife and the privacy and primacy of marriage. Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was...
One of the literary giants of the 20th century, Vladimir Nabokov completed seventeen novels over five decades, each holding a special place in the world of Russian-American literature.
Revised edition (1975). (2008) Verses and Versions: Three Centuries of Russian Poetry (edited by Brian Boyd and Stanislav Shvabrin ), includes materials previously published in Three Russian Poets (1945) and Pushkin, Lermontov, Tyutchev (1947) as well as unpublished materials.
Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov that addresses the controversial subject of hebephilia. The protagonist is a French literature professor who moves to New England and writes under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin, was a Russian-American novelist. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist.
January 7: Nabokov publishes a poem and story, using the nom de plume “Vladimir Sirin” to distinguish his by-line from his father's. He begins to flood Rul’ with his compositions (at first poems, then also plays, stories, crossword puzzles and reviews).
Vladimir Nabokov, a Russian émigré who began writing in English after his 40s, is considered one of the most brilliant writers of the 20th century. A trilingual author, equally competent in Russian, English, and French, Nabokov wrote prodigiously during the course of his 78 years, producing a body…
View all. Major works: The Gift • Speak, Memory • Lolita • Pnin • Pale Fire • Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle • “Spring in Fialta” • ““The Vane Sisters”. Read a passage from Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.
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