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About Vladimir Nabokov
Russian and American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist
Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian and American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. He wrote under his own name and also used the pen name Vladimir Sirin. He is known for fiction that moves between Russian and English, along with poetry and translation. His interests also reached into entomology, which sat alongside his literary work and shaped the range of his public life.
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- “אפשר שאנוכי ראיתי וזכרתי כל מה שראה וזכר גם הוא, אך ההבדל בין כושר המבע שלו לשלי כמוהו כהבדל בין פסנתר־כנף לב…”Vladimir Nabokov
- “כשהיו מתקנים את שגיאותיו שוב לא היה נכשל בהן, אך עצם העובדה שלא ידע בוודאות אם אינו שוגה במלים מסוימות - די ה…”Vladimir Nabokov
- “על מנת שניהנה מן החיים אין לנו ליהנות מהם יותר מדי.”Vladimir Nabokov
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Books by Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita
1991
Ada
1980
Pale Fire
1977
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
1970
Speak, Memory
1989