Vladimir Nabokov

About Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1899–1977) was an internationally known Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, and university professor. Born into an aristocratic family in Saint Petersburg, Russia, he fled his homeland following the 1917 Russian Revolution. After living in Western Europe and earning a degree from Cambridge University, Nabokov emigrated to the United States in 1940. He became a naturalized American citizen and taught literature at Wellesley College and Cornell University. Initially writing in Russian under the pseudonym Sirin, he later achieved world renown writing in English. His most famous novel, Lolita, published in 1955, brought him financial independence and global acclaim. Nabokov was also a dedicated lepidopterist who published significant scientific papers on butterfly taxonomy and served as a research fellow in entomology at Harvard University. He spent his final years living in Montreux, Switzerland, leaving behind a complex literary legacy marked by intricate wordplay and narrative innovation.

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