Vladimir Nabokov’s American years

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biographical period literary period

Vladimir Nabokov’s American years were the period during which the Russian-born novelist lived and worked in the United States, producing major works such as "Lolita" and teaching literature at American universities.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biographical period ⓘ literary period ⓘ
appliesToPerson	Vladimir Nabokov NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithDiscipline	lepidopterology ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution	Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithMovement	metafiction ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
employer	Cornell University ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ Wellesley College NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	1961 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	literary criticism ⓘ novel writing ⓘ short story writing ⓘ translation ⓘ university teaching ⓘ
hasAcademicActivity	research in lepidoptery ⓘ
hasLanguageOfLiteraryProduction	English ⓘ Russian ⓘ
influenced	American postwar fiction ⓘ campus novel tradition ⓘ
notableWorkProduced	Bend Sinister NERFINISHED ⓘ Conclusive Evidence NERFINISHED ⓘ Lolita NERFINISHED ⓘ Nine Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ Pale Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ Pnin NERFINISHED ⓘ Speak, Memory NERFINISHED ⓘ Strong Opinions NERFINISHED ⓘ The Enchanter (English translation) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Real Life of Sebastian Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	lecturer in European literature ⓘ lecturer in Russian literature ⓘ professor of Russian literature ⓘ
residence	Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Ithaca, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ Wellesley, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	critical and commercial success of Lolita ⓘ development of butterfly research at American institutions ⓘ emigration from Europe to the United States in 1940 ⓘ naturalization as a U.S. citizen ⓘ publication of Lolita in the United States ⓘ transition from academic to full-time writer ⓘ
startTime	1940 ⓘ
taughtCourse	European fiction ⓘ Masterpieces of European fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian literature in translation ⓘ Russian poetry ⓘ

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Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) → timePeriodCovered → Vladimir Nabokov’s American years ⓘ