Vladimir Nabokov

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human lepidopterist literary scholar novelist poet short story writer translator university teacher

Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, and literary scholar best known for his innovative prose style and the controversial masterpiece "Lolita."

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Vladimir Nabokov canonical 13
Nabokov 2
Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov 1

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instanceOf human ⓘ
lepidopterist ⓘ
literary scholar ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
translator ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
awardReceived National Book Award finalist ⓘ
burialPlace Clarens cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath bronchial congestion ⓘ
child Dmitri Nabokov ⓘ
citizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth Russian Empire ⓘ
countryOfDeath Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1899-04-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1977-07-02 ⓘ
educatedAt Tenishev School ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
employer Cornell University ⓘ
Wellesley College ⓘ
ethnicGroup Russian ⓘ
familyName Vladimir Nabokov self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nabokov
father Vladimir Nabokov Sr. ⓘ
surface form: Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov
fieldOfWork lepidopterology ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
literature ⓘ
fullName Vladimir Nabokov self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
genre modernist literature ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
givenName Vladimir ⓘ
hasSignature Vladimir Nabokov signature image ⓘ
influenced postmodern novelists ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ
mother Elena Ivanovna Rukavishnikova ⓘ
movement modernism ⓘ
postmodernism ⓘ
nativeLanguage Russian ⓘ
notableFor innovative prose style ⓘ
novel Lolita ⓘ
notableWork Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle ⓘ
Invitation to a Beheading ⓘ
Lolita ⓘ
Pale Fire ⓘ
Pnin ⓘ
Speak, Memory ⓘ
The Defense ⓘ
The Gift ⓘ
Le Joueur d’échecs ⓘ
surface form: The Luzhin Defense
occupation entomologist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg
placeOfDeath Lausanne ⓘ
religion agnosticism ⓘ
residence Berlin ⓘ
Ithaca, New York, United States ⓘ
surface form: Ithaca, New York

Montreux ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
specialization Lepidoptera ⓘ
surface form: Lycaenidae butterflies
spouse Vera Nabokov ⓘ
studied butterflies ⓘ
wroteLanguage English ⓘ
Russian ⓘ

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Marcel Proust → influenced → Vladimir Nabokov ⓘ
Vladimir → notableBearer → Vladimir Nabokov ⓘ
The Viking Press → hasAuthorPublished → Vladimir Nabokov ⓘ
Eugene Onegin → influenced → Vladimir Nabokov ⓘ
Russian literature → hasNotableAuthor → Vladimir Nabokov ⓘ
Weidenfeld & Nicolson → notableAuthorPublished → Vladimir Nabokov ⓘ
Vladimir Nabokov Sr. → familyName → Vladimir Nabokov ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov Sr. → child → Vladimir Nabokov ⓘ
Vladimir Nabokov Sr. → hasRelative → Vladimir Nabokov ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov
Lolita → createdBy → Vladimir Nabokov ⓘ
Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) → mainSubject → Vladimir Nabokov ⓘ
Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) → hasSubjectSpouse → Vladimir Nabokov ⓘ
Vladimir Nabokov → familyName → Vladimir Nabokov self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov → fullName → Vladimir Nabokov self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
Olympia Press → publishedAuthor → Vladimir Nabokov ⓘ
Playboy (as journalist) → hasContributor → Vladimir Nabokov ⓘ
subject surface form: Playboy
PEN/Nabokov Award → namedAfter → Vladimir Nabokov ⓘ