Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Владимир Владимирович Набоков in Russian; 1899-1977) was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. He is best known for the 1955 novel Lolita.
== History ==
=== Early life ===
==== Childhood ====
Nabokov was born on April 22, 1899April 10, 1899 on the Old Style calendar. in Saint Petersburg, Russia. His father, Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, was a liberal lawyer, statesman, and journalist. He was also a leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party, and wrote numerous books and articles about criminal law and politics. His mother, heiress Yelena Ivanovna (née Rukavishnikova), was the granddaughter of a wealthy gold-mine owner. Vladimir was the family's eldest and most favored child, with four younger siblings: SergeiAfter publicly denouncing Hitler's regime, Sergei was unfortunately killed in a Nazi concentration camp in 1945. Sergei was also homosexual. , OlgaLike their father, Olga is also remembered as an avid supporter of the constitutional monarchy., ElenaElena would later be regarded as Vladimir's favorite sibling, and would be an important source for many biographies written on him., and Kirill. Among his ancestors is the 14th century Tartar prince Nabok Murza, from whom the family name is derived.Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich (1951). Speak, Memory: A Memoir. Gollancz. p. 37.Boyd, Brian (1990). Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-7011-3700-7. 
Nabokov described his early years as "perfect" and "cosmopolitan". While his family lived in Saint Petersburg, they spent many summers at one of their three estates in the countryside. He studied language, math, puzzles, and sportsNabokov was especially interested in chess and soccer form a young age. He went on to play soccer in public school/college. with private tutors until he was enrolled at Prince Tenishev School at age 11. At age 13, he began writing poetry, eventually publishing his first collection of poetry, Stikhi ("Poems"), at age 17. Some time after its publication, renowned poet Zinaida Gippius (who was the first cousin of his teacher at Tenishev) told Nabokov's father at a social event, "Please tell your son that he will never be a writer." 
==== War and university ====
In late 1917, the Nabokov family, along with many other Russian refugees, sought exile from the Russian Revolution by fleeing to Europe. In 1919, while briefly settled in England, he began studying zoology (but later dropped the subject) and Russian and French literature at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1920, his family relocated to Berlin, where, two years later, his father was shot and killed by a reactionary rightist while shielding another man. That same year, Nabokov graduated with second-class honors and returned to Berlin, devastated by his father's death. 
=== Career ===
==== Etymology ====
==== Chess ====
=== Death ===
== Personal life ==
=== Religion ===
Nabokov was born into an Orthodox Christian family; though, at a young age, he became uninterested in church and asked his father if he could no longer attend. From then, he identified as agnostic. He was very open about, and received criticism for, his indifference to organized mysticism and religion.(1964). "Vladimir Nabokov: Playboy Interview". Archived by Scraps from the Loft on Feburary 24, 2017. Retrieved on October 4, 2023.
=== Relationship to his uncle ===
=== Political views ===
=== Marriage ===
=== Synesthesia ===
=== Insomnia ===
== Bibliography ==
=== Most famous works ===
==== Russian ====
* Mary (1926; translated to English in 1970)
* King, Queen, Knave (1928; translated to English in 1968)
* The Luzhin Defense or The Defense (1930; translated to English in 1964)
* Glory (1932; translated to English in 1971)
* Laughter in the Dark (1933; translated to English in 1938)
* Despair (1934; translated to English in 1937 and 1965)
* Invitation to a Beheading (1936; translated to English in 1959)
* The Gift (1938; translated to English in 1963)
* The Enchanter (1939; published in English in 1986)
==== English ====
* The Real Life of Sebastian Knight (1941)
* Bend Sinister (1947)
* Lolita (1955; translated to Russian in 1965; annotated and revised in 1970)
* Pnin (1957)
* Pale Fire (1962)
* Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited (1967)
* Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle (1969)
* Transparent Things (1972)
* Look at the Harlequins! (1974)
== Influence ==
== Notes ==
== References ==
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