Vladimir Nabokov
| Vladimir Nabokov | |
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov 22 April [A.S. 10 April] 1899a Saint Petersburg, Roushie Empire |
| Dee'd |
2 Julie 1977 (aged 78) Montreux, Swisserland |
| Thrift | Novelist, professor |
| Leeterar muivement | Modrenism, Postmodrenism |
| Notable warks |
The Defense (1930) The Gift (1938) Bend Sinister (1945-46) Lolita (1955) Pnin (1957) Pale Fire (1962) Speak, Memory (1936–1966) Ada, or Ardor (1968) |
| Spoose | Vera Nabokov |
| Bairns | Dmitri Nabokov |
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (/nəˈbɔːkəf, ˈnæbəˌkɔːf, -ˌkɒf/;[1] Roushie: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Набо́ков, pronounced [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr nɐˈbokəf] (
listen), an aa kent bi the pen name Vladimir Sirin; 22 April [A.S. 10 April] 1899 – 2 Julie 1977) wis a Roushie-American novelist an entomologist. His first nine novelles war in Roushie, an he achieved internaitional prominence efter he began writin Inglis prose.
Nabokov's Lolita (1955), his maist notit novelle in Inglis, wis ranked fowert in the leet o the Modern Library 100 Best Novels;[2] Pale Fire (1962) wis ranked 53rd on the same leet, an his memoir, Speak, Memory (1951), wis leetit aicht on the publisher's leet o the 20t century's greatest nonfeection.[3] He wis a finalist for the Naitional Beuk Awaird for Feection seiven times.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Nabokov". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
- ↑ "100 Best Novels". Modern Library. 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
- ↑ "100 Best Nonfiction". Modern Library. 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
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