Vladimir Nabokov Biography

Vladimir Nabokov biography

Quick Facts

NAME: Vladimir Nabokov
OCCUPATION: Literary Critic, Journalist, Author, Poet
BIRTH DATE: April 22, 1899
DEATH DATE: July 02, 1977
EDUCATION: Trinity College, Cambridge
PLACE OF BIRTH: St. Petersburg, Russia
PLACE OF DEATH: Montreux, Switzerland
Full Name: Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov

Best Known For

Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian novelist and critic known for the intricate literary devices employed in such novels as Lolita.

Quiz

Think you know about Biography?

Answer questions and see how you rank against other players.

Play Now

Print Cite This

Vladimir Nabokov

APA Style

Vladimir Nabokov. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 06:17, Jun 18, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/vladimir-nabokov-9419693.

Harvard Style

Vladimir Nabokov. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/vladimir-nabokov-9419693 [Accessed 18 Jun 2013].

MLA Style

"Vladimir Nabokov." 2013. The Biography Channel website. Jun 18 2013, 06:17 http://www.biography.com/people/vladimir-nabokov-9419693.

MHRA Style

"Vladimir Nabokov," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/vladimir-nabokov-9419693 [accessed Jun 18, 2013].

Chicago Style

"Vladimir Nabokov," The Biography Channel website, http://www.biography.com/people/vladimir-nabokov-9419693 (accessed Jun 18, 2013).

CBE/CSE Style

Vladimir Nabokov [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 Jun 18] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/vladimir-nabokov-9419693.

Bluebook Style

Vladimir Nabokov, http://www.biography.com/people/vladimir-nabokov-9419693 (last visited Jun 18, 2013).

AMA Style

Vladimir Nabokov. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/vladimir-nabokov-9419693. Accessed Jun 18, 2013.

Profile

Vladimir Nabokov’s first novel, Mashenka, appeared in 1926, but it wasn’t until the publication of Lolita in 1955 that he had any success. Lolita was a landmark in both storytelling and controversy and was later made into a film by Stanley Kubrick. Nabokov's major critical works are an irreverent book about Nikolay Gogol and a four-volume translation of, and commentary on, Eugene Onegin.