Nabokov in 1969 |Born||Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov 22 April
[O.S. 10 April] 1899a Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |Died||2
July 1977 |Occupation||Novelist, lepidopterist, professor|
|Literary movement||Modernism, Postmodernism| |Notable
work(s)||The Defense (1930) The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
(1941) Pale Fire (1962) Speak, Memory (1936–1966) Vladimir
Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович
Набо́ков, pronounced [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr nɐˈbokəf] ( listen); 22 April
[O.S. 10 April] 1899c – 2 July 1977) was a Russian-American
novelist. Nabokov's first nine novels were in Russian. He then
rose to international prominence as a writer of English prose.
He also made serious contributions as a lepidopterist and chess
composer. Nabokov's Lolita (1955) is his most famous novel, and
often considered his finest work in English. It exhibits the
love of intricate word play and synesthetic detail that
characterised all his works. The novel was ranked fourth in the
list of the Modern Library 100 Best Novels; Pal