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May 31, 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.
3 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.Slowly, and with many interruptions, Nabokov resumed work on the novel, which he completed in the spring of ...
6 days ago · Vladimir Nabokov — ‘Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the p...
Jun 5, 2024 · The Nabokov-Wilson collision is the chief item on display, and that collision marked the death of their friendship, but the book’s real topic is the fuss made in print over the Nabokov...
Jun 6, 2024 · Vladimir Nabokov — ‘Toska - noun /ˈtō-skə/ - Russian word roughly translated as sadness, melancholia, lugubriousness.No single word in English renders...
May 27, 2024 · The Hermitage Theatre has hosted the premiere of a documentary film "Nabokov House. A Journey in Time" made by St Petersburg University staff and students to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Vladimir Nabokov.
May 19, 2024 · Vladimir Nabokov — ‘I want pure colors, melting clouds, accurately drawn details, a sunburst above a receding road with the light reflected in furrows an...
May 29, 2024 · Vladimir Nabokov’s writings are a testament to the boundless possibilities of language, narrative, and imagination. In this week’s Literary Spotlight, we explore three facets of Nabokov's persona: his life, his stylistic qualities, and his most notable works.
May 25, 2024 · By Vladimir Nabokov (Translated and edited by Olga Voronina & Brian Boyd) LR December 2009 Issue David Lodge Shored Against His Ruins The Original of Laura: A Novel in Fragments By Vladimir Nabokov May 2008 Issue Donald Rayfield Strolls with Vladimir Imagining Nabokov: Russia Between Art and Politics
May 19, 2024 · Lolita, American dark comedy film, released in 1962, that was Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel of the same name. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
