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1. www.britannica.com › biography › Vladimir-NabokovVladimir Nabokov | Biography, Books, Lolita, Pale Fire, & Facts

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   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.

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   4 days ago · Владимир Набоков родился 10 (22) апреля 1899 года в Санкт-Петербурге в состоятельной дворянской семье. Отец — Владимир Дмитриевич Набоков (1869—1922), юрист, известный политик, один из лидеров ...

4. www.britannica.com › biography › Vladimir-NabokovVladimir Nabokov - Novelist, Poet, Critic | Britannica

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   Jun 28, 2024 · Vladimir Nabokov - Novelist, Poet, Critic: Nabokov’s major critical works are an irreverent book about Nikolay Gogol (1944) and a monumental four-volume translation of, and commentary on, Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin (1964).

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6. oxfordre.com › literature › displayNabokov, Vladimir | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature

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   2 days ago · On a summer's day in 1950, Vladimir Nabokov, fifty-one years old and riddled with doubts about the novel he was working on, headed for the garden incinerator to burn his drafts of Lolita's first chapters. His wife, Véra, caught up with him, and at her urging Nabokov paused to reconsider.

7. www.goodreads.com › quotes › 676091Quote by Vladimir Nabokov: “... one cannot read a book: one ...

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   The mind, the brain, the top of the tingling spine, is, or should be, the only instrument used upon a book.”. ― Vladimir Nabokov, Lectures on Literature. Read more quotes from Vladimir Nabokov. Share this quote:

8. thenabokovian.org › news › new-book-nabokovs-secretNew Book: Nabokov's Secret Trees (Stephen H. Blackwell)

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   6 days ago · It reveals how Nabokov activates arboreal potentials by exploring the hidden ubiquity of trees, their essence as complex natural phenomena, and their role as quiet presences that have accompanied and fostered human civilization and art since their beginnings.

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   Who is Vladimir Nabokov?

   • Vladimir Nabokov (born April 22, 1899, St. Petersburg, Russia—died July 2, 1977, Montreux, Switzerland) was a Russian-born American novelist and critic and the foremost of the post-1917 émigré authors. He wrote in both Russian and English, and his best works, including Lolita (1955), feature stylish, intricate literary effects.

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   Did Vladimir Nabokov write a letter to his wife?

   • A collection of Nabokov’s missives to his wife was published as Letters to Véra (2015). 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.

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   What books did Vladimir Nabokov write?

   • Vladimir Nabokov (April 22, 1899 – July 2, 1977) was a Russian - American writer. He wrote his first books in Russian, and after he moved to the United States, he wrote in English. His most famous book is Lolita, but others have also become famous, such as Pnin, Pale Fire, and Ada or Ardor .

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   What did Vladimir Nabokov do for a living?

   • Nabokov’s biography is filled with interesting tidbits, not the least of which is that he spoke and wrote in three languages (Russian, English, and French) and had a passion for butterflies (making him a lepidopterist). Nabokov and his family left his aristocratic home in Russia during the Bolshevik revolution.

   How Nabokov Wrote His Masterpiece, Lolita

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10. www.goodreads.com › quotes › 6317Quote by Vladimir Nabokov: “Human life is but a series of ...

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    Jul 2, 2024 · Vladimir Nabokov — ‘Human life is but a series of footnotes to a vast obscure unfinished masterpiece’.