Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) was a Russian novelist, poet and writer.
Also recorded as Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov; Vladimir Sirin; Vl. Sirin; Wladimir Nabokoff-Sirin; V. Sirin; Nabokov.
Overview
Also worked under the name ვლადიმერ სირინი, Vladimir Sirin and Владимир Сирин.
Born at Saint Petersburg in 1899, died at Montreux in 1977.
In detail
Vladimir Nabokov studied at Trinity College and University of Cambridge. the recorded working language is French, English and Russian.
The field of work recorded is literature, Russian literature and poetry. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are satire, science fiction and romantic fiction. The authority associates the name with modernism. Robert Louis Stevenson is recorded as an influence.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Cambridge, Berlin and Paris. Residence is recorded at Montreux and Ashland. Employment is recorded with Harvard University, Cornell University and Wellesley College.
Works named in the authority record are The Defense, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Lolita, Pale Fire, Speak, Memory and Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle.
Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship.
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“Vladimir Nabokov”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q36591: Vladimir Nabokov
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