Nabokov, Vladimir

A Russian-born twentieth-century American writer of poetry, short stories, and novels . His best-known work is Lolita, a satirical look at an aging professor's obsession with a twelve-year-old nymphet.

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A “Lolita” is a seductive adolescent girl.

The stage directions title him “The Butterfly Hunter” and then identify him: “His name is Vladimir Nabokov.”

The Original of Laura by Vladimir Nabokov Nabokov was working on the novel when he died in 1977.

A collection of Vladimir Nabokov's Selected Poems is being published this month.

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