Works by Nabokov Biography
Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was also published under the pseudonym Sirin; April 10, April 22, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire-July 2, Montreo, Switzerland-Russian and American writer, poet, translator, literary critic and entomologist. The works of Nabokov are characterized by complex literary technology, a deep analysis of the emotional state of characters in combination with an unpredictable, sometimes almost thriller plot.
Among the most famous samples of Nabokov’s work, one can note the novels “Mashenka”, “Protection of the Luzhin”, “Invitation to Execution”, “Gift”. The writer gained fame for the general public after the scandalous novel “Lolita”, according to which several adaptations were subsequently made. The circle of interests of Nabokov was unusually versatile. He made a significant contribution to the Lepidopterology section of entomology, focusing on the scales, taught Russian and world literature and issued several courses of literary lectures, created translations of Eugene Onegin and the Words of Igor Regiment into English, was seriously fond of chess: he was a rather strong practical player and published a number of interesting chess tasks.
Nabokov about myself: I am an American writer born in Russia, who was educated in England, where I studied French literature before moving to Germany for fifteen years. In the everyday life of Nabokov’s family, three languages were used: Russian, English, and French - thus, the future writer perfectly mastered three languages from early childhood. In his own words, he learned to read English before in Russian.
The first years of Nabokov’s life took place in comfort and abundance in the Nabokov House in Bolshaya Morskaya in St. Petersburg and in their country estate Batovo near Gatchina. Education began at the Tenishevsky School in St. Petersburg, where Osip Mandelstam studied shortly before. Literature and entomology become two main hobbies of Nabokov. Shortly before the revolution, Nabokov publishes a collection of his poems with his own money.
The revolution of the year forced Nabokov to move to the Crimea, and then, to M, emigrate from Russia. Some of the family jewelry managed to take out with them, and with this money the Nabokov family lived in Berlin, while Vladimir was educated in Cambridge, where he continues to write Russian poems and translates into Russian “Alice in Wonderland” L. Since the year, Nabokov has become part of the Russian diaspora in Berlin, earning a living by English lessons.
In Berlin newspapers and publishers organized by Russian emigrants, Nabokov’s stories are printed. In the year, Nabokov marries Slonim Vera and ends his first novel - Mashenka. After that, up to a year creates 8 novels in Russian, continuously complicating their author’s style and more boldly experimenting with the form. Nabokov’s novels that were not printed in Soviet Russia were successful with Western emigration, and are now considered masterpieces of Russian literature of persons.
The Nazis' coming to power in Germany in the end of the X laid the end of the Russian diaspora in Berlin. With the disappearance of the Russian diaspora in Europe, Nabokov finally lost his Russian -speaking reader, and the only opportunity to continue creativity was the transition to English. Nabokov writes his first novel in English “The True Life of Sebastian Knight”, shortly before leaving for the United States, from a year until the end of his days, Nabokov did not write a single novel in Russian, except for the autobiography “Others” and the author’s translation of “Lolita” into Russian.
In America, from a th to a year, Nabokov earns a living by lectures on Russian and world literature at American universities. His first English -speaking novels “The true life of Sebastian Knight”, “Bend Sinister”, “Pnin”, despite their artistic merits, did not have commercial success. During this period, Nabokov converges closely with E. Wilson and other literary scholars, continues to professionally engage in entomology.
Traveling during vacations in the United States, Nabokov is working on Lolita’s novel, the theme of which the story of a pedophile experiencing attraction to little girls was inconceivable for his time, as a result of which the writer had little hope for the publication of the novel. However, the novel was published first in Europe, then in America and quickly brought it to the author world glory and financial well -being.
Nabokov returns to Europe and lives in Montreo, Switzerland, where he creates his last novels, the most famous of which are “pale flame” and “hell”. In honor of Vladimir Nabokov, an asteroid Nabokov was named in the year. Books of the author:.