
ABOUT
Russian-born author whose famous works, Lolita (1955) and Pale Fire (1962), exemplify his skill in wordplay and literary detail. He was a seven-time finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction.He wrote an acclaimed memoir entitled Speak, Memory.Like Boris Pasternak, Nabokov was a famous Russian novelist.
BEFORE FAMEHe was born in St. Petersburg, Russia and grew up speaking French and English, as well as Russian. He later studied zoology, Slavic languages, and Romance languages at Trinity College, Cambridge.
PERSONAL LIFEHe married Vera Slonim in 1925. The couple's son, Dmitri, was born in 1934.
Famous QuotesSatire is a lesson, parody is a game.
Novelist Vladimir Nabokov were born on Sunday, birthstone is Diamond, the seaon was Spring in the Chinese year of , it is 107 days until Vladimir Nabokov next birthday.