Vladimir Nabokov

8.2	Listal rating

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Birth Name: Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov

Born: 23 April 1899 Died: 2 July 1977

Country of origin: Russian Federation

Ethnicity: White / Caucasian

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Véra Evseyevna Slonim

Lists

55 votes

Famous people with synesthesia (19 items)
list by Noctem

Published 2 years, 5 months ago

8 comments

9 votes

Letters to dead authors (62 items)
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Published 1 year, 4 months ago

1 comment

7 votes

Top 50 Authors of All Time (50 items)
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Published 2 years, 8 months ago

6 votes

Top 15 Authors (15 items)
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Published 3 years, 10 months ago

1 comment

5 votes

In Memoriam (305 items)
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Published 4 months, 1 week ago

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Russian (4), Professor (2), Novelist (2), Male (1), U (1), Postmodernist (1), Translator (1), Playwright (1), Poet (1), Short Story Writer (1), Russia (1), 07 (1), Lolita (1), Emigre (1), Lepidopterist (1), Died 1977 (1), American (1), Born 1899 (1), Classics (1), Married (1)

Movies written by

1. Lolita (1962)

Rating:

7.3

1053 Watched

2. Lolita (1997)

Rating:

6.7

501 Watched

3. The Luzhin Defence (2000)

Rating:

17 Watched

4. Despair (1978)

Rating:

7.5

17 Watched

5. King, Queen, Knave (1972)

Rating:

2 want to see

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Books

1. Lolita, 50th Anniversary Edition

Rating:

8.1

216 want this

2. Lolita (Penguin Classics)

Rating:

8.4

29 own

3. Lolita

Rating:

8.5

28 own

4. Pale Fire

Rating:

8.6

16 own

5. Lolita

Rating:

8.8

11 own

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Movies

1. Chess Fever (1925)

Rating:

7.3

9 Watched

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LittleRedCorvette added this to a list 2 weeks, 5 days ago

In Memoriam (305 person items)

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50 Favorite Authors (50 person items)

"Ada, or Ardor (10/10) Lolita (10/10) Speak, Memory (10/10) Pale Fire (10/10) Invitation to a Beheading (9/10) Laughter in the Dark (9/10) The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov (9/10) Look at the Harlequins (9/10) Bend Sinister (9/10) The Luzhin Defence (8/10) The Enchanter (8/10) Transparent Things (8/10) Strong Opinions (8/10) Pnin (8/10) The Eye (8/10) Despair (8/10) The Real Life of Sebastian Knight (7/10) Glory (7/10) The Original of Laura (6/10) "

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Letters to dead authors (62 person items)

Noctem added this to a list 2 years, 5 months ago

Famous people with synesthesia (19 person items)

"According to biographer Brian Boyd and others, Nabokov was a self-described synesthete, who at a young age equated the number five with the color red. For some synesthetes, letters are not simply associated with certain colours, they are themselves coloured. Nabokov frequently endowed his protagonists with a similar gift. In Bend Sinister Krug comments on his perception of the word "loyalty" as being like a golden fork lying out in the sun. In The Defense, Nabokov mentioned briefly how the main"

The_Dash08 added this to a list 2 years, 8 months ago

Top 50 Authors of All Time (50 person items)

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Top 15 Authors (15 person items)