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New Directions
In the fall of 1938, Nabokov's financial resources were depleted. He solicited a grant from the Russian Literary Fund in the United States, claiming: "My material situation has never been…
Transparent Things. New York, 1972
This novella, a National Book Award nominee, was published separately after first appearing in the December 1971 issue of Esquire. Reviewers scarcely knew what to make of this deceptively slim…
„Lolita“: Complex, often tricky and „a hard sell“
(CNN) -- When it was first published in 1955, reactions to "Lolita" ranged from rapture to outrage, and the word "controversial" has shadowed the book's title ever since. But with…
Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
S E P T E M B E R 1 9 5 8 A review by Charles Rolo Here it is at last, Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita (Putnam, $)--first issued in…
Clues to Nabokov the man
(CNN) -- It's easy to think you can judge a man by his fiction. Isn't the creation, at least in some part, the creator? Keeping that question in mind, was…
Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov's serio-comic portrait of small-town America, is published in 1955 in France by the Olympia Press. It has been rejected by four American publishers who are terrified of…
Lolita and Mr. Girodias by Vladimir Nabokov 3
In 1957, the Lolita affair entered its American phase which to me was in every way more important than its Olympia one. Jason Epstein, by championing the publication of a…
Lolita and Mr. Girodias by Vladimir Nabokov 2
On the other hand, he now tones down substantially his proud recollections of having "edited" Lolita. On April 22, 1960, 1 had been obliged to write to the editor of…
Lolita and Mr. Girodias by Vladimir Nabokov 1
Vladimir Nabakov, whose Lolita was first published by the Olympia Press of Maurice Girodias, was the subject of an article in Evergreen #37 in which Mr. Girodias gave his account…
„Lolita“ causes a different kind of controversy
Nabokov's son sues over parody of his father's classic novel NEW YORK - Sequels to "Gone With the Wind'' and "Casablanca'' have come off without a catch - but a…
Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov: A Book Review
Captivating, Controversial Classic Nabokov´s prose captivated me from his very first lines. ("Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul.") The most common reaction from…
Nabokov and the Bible
I am currently writing an article on Nabokov's use of biblical materials; it has been accepted for inclusion the forthcoming volume, From Around the Globe: Secular Authors and Biblical Perspectives…
Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) – pen name Vladimir Sirin
Russian-born American novelist, critic, and acknowledged lepidopterist. Nabokov wrote both in Russian and English. His best-known novel, LOLITA (1955), shocked many people but its humor and literary style were praised…
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (April 22, 1899 - July 2, 1977), author, lepidopterist and chess problemist. The eldest son of Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, he was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He…