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Also Known As Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
Born April 22, 1899 • St. Petersburg • Russia
Died July 2, 1977 (aged 78) • Montreux • Switzerland
Notable Works “Ada” • “Bend Sinister” • “Invitation to a Beheading” • “King, Queen, Knave” • “Lolita” • “Mary” • “Pale Fire” • “Pnin” • “Solus Rex” • “Speak, Memory” • “Speak On, Memory” • “The Defense” • “The Gift” • “The Original of Laura” • “The Real Life of Sebastian Knight”

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