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Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was born on April 22, 1899, the eldest of five children in a wealthy aristocratic family in St. Petersburg, Russia. His grandfather was a Justice Minister to the Czar Alexander II. His father, named Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, was a liberal political leader, the editor of a liberal newspaper... See full bio »

Died:

(age 78) in Lausanne, Switzerland

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Filmography

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2013 Symbols and Signs (short)
 
2001 Nabokov, Mashenka (TV movie) (novel Mary - uncredited)
 
2000 The Luzhin Defence (novel "Zashchita Luzhina")
 
1999 Lurjus (short story "Podlets")
 
1997 Lolita (novel "Lolita")
 
1994 Mademoiselle O (TV movie) (short story)
 
1987 Maschenka (novel "Mashen'ka")
 
1978 Despair (novel "Otchayaniye")
 
1973 Einladung zur Enthauptung (TV movie) (novel "Priglasheniye na kazn'")
 
1972 King, Queen, Knave (novel "Korol', dama, valet")
 
1970 Bend Sinister (TV movie) (novel)
 
1969 Laughter in the Dark (novel)
 
1962 Lolita (novel "Lolita" / screenplay)
 
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2006 Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (TV movie) (excerpt from "Pale Fire" by arrangement with the estate)
 
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1997 Lolita (writer: "My Carmen")
 
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1925 Chess Fever (short)
Cameo (uncredited)
 
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2011 The Key to Annabel Lee (short) (special thanks)
 
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1975 Apostrophes (TV series)
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Episode dated 30 May 1975 (1975) … Himself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Fiction: "La Veneziana", "Playboy" (USA), August 1995, 54-56+60+137-144. See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Print Biographies  | 4 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Vladimir Nabokoff-Sirin | V. Sirin | Vladimir Sirin

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Personal Quote:

The verbal poetic texture of [William Shakespeare] is the greatest the world has known, and is immensely superior to the structure of his plays as plays. With Shakespeare it is the metaphor that is the thing, not the play. See more »

Trivia:

Father of Dimitri Nabokov. Cousin to Nicolas Nabokov. See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus