Birthdate: April 23, 1899
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: July 2, 1977
Vladimir Nabokov was a renowned Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. He wrote his first nine novels in Russian while in Berlin before gaining international recognition in the United States. Nabokov became a U.S. citizen in 1945 and resided primarily on the East Coast before moving to Montreux, Switzerland. He also served as a professor of Russian literature at Cornell University and is best known for his works such as “Lolita” and “Pale Fire”. One of his notable nonfiction works is the memoir “Speak, Memory”.
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