What does Vladimir Nabokov mean?
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Набо́ков [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ nɐˈbokəf] (listen); 22 April [ O.S. 10 April] 1899 – 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (Russian: Влади́мир Си́рин ), was a Russian novelist, poet, translator and entomologist.
What is the pen name of Nabokov?
Nabokov in Montreux, 1973. Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (/nəˈbɒkəf, -ˈbɔː-/; Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Набо́ков [vɫɐˈdʲimʲɪr nɐˈbokəf] ( listen), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin; 22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1899 – 2 July 1977) was a Russian novelist, poet, translator and entomologist.
Who was Vladimir Nabokov’s father?
Nabokov’s father Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov was the most outspoken defender of Jewish rights in the Russian Empire, continuing in a family tradition that had been led by his own father, Dmitry Nabokov, who as Justice Minister under Tsar Alexander II had successfully blocked anti-semitic measures from being passed by the Interior Minister.
Was Nabokov a liberal or conservative?
Nabokov was a classical liberal, in the tradition of his father, a liberal statesman who served in the Provisional Government following the February Revolution of 1917 as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party. In Speak, Memory, Nabokov proudly recounted his father’s campaigns against despotism and staunch opposition to capital punishment.
Who is Vladimir Nabokov — Lolita?
Vladimir Nabokov — Lolita 199 other eighteenth-century sexcapades. I’m the author of fifty-twosuccessfulscenarios. I know all the ropes.
What is the ISBN number for Vladimir Nabokov American years?
Vladimir Nabokov: the American years. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. ISBN 069106797X. OCLC 22906836. Chien, Evelyn Nien-Ming (2005).