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Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Владимир Владимирович Набоков) Pronounced: vlah-DEE-meer nah-BAWK-awf ( April 10 O.S.
The eldest son of Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov and his wife Elena, née Elena Ivanovna Rukavishnikova, he was born in St. Petersburg where he also spent his childhood and youth.
After emigration from Russia in 1919, the family settled briefly in England and Vladimir enrolled in CambridgeThis article is about Cambridge, England; see also other places called Cambridge. The city of Cambridge is an old English University town and the regional centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. It lies approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of London and i for his studies of French and Russian literature. In 1923, he graduated from Cambridge and relocated to BerlinBerlin [ bɛrˈliːn ] is the national capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,387,404 inhabitants (as of September 2004); down from 4. 5 million before World War II. Berlin is located on the rivers Spree and Havel in the northea, where he gained some reputation within the colony of Russian émigré s as a novelist and poet. He married Vera Slonim in BerlinBerlin [ bɛrˈliːn ] is the national capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,387,404 inhabitants (as of September 2004); down from 4. 5 million before World War II. Berlin is located on the rivers Spree and Havel in the northea in 1925Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 See also 1925 in aviation 1925 in film 1925 in literature 1925 in mu, with whom he had a son, Dmitri, born in 1934.
Nabokov left Germany with his family in 1937 for ParisEiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital and largest city of France. The city is built on an arc of the River Seine, and is thus divided into two parts: the Right Bank to the north and the smaller Left Bank to and in 1940 fled from the advancing German troops to the United States. It was here that he met Edmund WilsonEdmund Wilson ( May 8, 1895 June 12 1972) was an American writer, noted chiefly for his literary criticism. He was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, and educated at Princeton. He began his writing career as a reporter for the New York Sun and served in the ar, who introduced Nabokov's work to American editors, eventually leading to his international recognition.
He died in MontreuxMontreux is a resort town in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, on Lake Geneva with a population of about 20'000. Montreux holds several noteworthy festivals: international television festival awarding the Golden Rose of Montreux; annually in spring ( 1961-, SwitzerlandThe Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in central Europe, with neighbours Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. The country has a strong tradition of political and military neutrality, but also of international c, in 1977.
Nabokov was a synaesthete and described aspects of synaesthesia in several of his works.