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

    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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  3. theamericanscholar.org › consummated-in-exileConsummated in Exile - The American Scholar

    Jun 14, 2024 · The mastermind was Nicolas Nabokov, Secretary General of the Congress for Cultural Freedom, then the major instrument of American Cold War cultural propaganda. Nabokov’s premise was that the United States had displaced Europe and Russia as the reigning home for the Western arts.

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

    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. www.britannica.com › topic › Lolita-novelLolita | Child Prodigy, Humbert Humbert & Controversial Novel

    Jun 18, 2024 · Lolita, novel by Vladimir Nabokov, published in 1955 in France. Upon its American publication in 1958, Lolita created a cultural and literary sensation. The novel is presented as the posthumously published memoirs of its antihero, Humbert Humbert. A European intellectual and pedophile, Humbert.

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  7. www.ranker.com › list › best-russian-novelsIndisputably Good Russian Novels, Ranked By Book Lovers

    5 days ago · Some of our favorite Russian writers show up multiple times for their various works, such as Leo Tolstoy, Vladimir Nabokov, and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Russians have received five Nobel Prize awards for literature, with four of them being for novelists and one being awarded to a poet and playwright.

  8. thenabokovian.org › newsNews | The Nabokovian

    Jun 23, 2024 · This page is your source of all the latest news from the Nabokov world. Add your own news item!

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

    Jun 28, 2024 · Vladimir Nabokov > Quotes > Quotable Quote. (?) “... one cannot read a book: one can only reread it. A good reader, a major reader, an active and creative reader is a rereader. And I shall tell you why.