Vladimir Nabokov
Writing
Born April 22, 1899 — Died July 2, 1977
From Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Also known as Набоков Владимир Владимирович
Biography
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1899-1977) was a Russian-born multilingual novelist, poet, translator, critic and entomologist considered the foremost of the post-1917 émigré authors. Born in Imperial Russia in 1899, Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian while living in Berlin. He achieved ...
