Nabokov

[nuh-baw-kuh f, nab-uh-kawf, -kof; Russian nuh-baw-kuh f]

noun

Vla·di·mir Vla·di·mi·ro·vich [vlad-uh-meer vlad-uh-meer-uh-vich; Russian vluh-dyee-myir vluh-dyee-myi-ruh-vyich] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˌvlæd əˈmɪər ə vɪtʃ; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr vlʌˈdyi myɪ rə vyɪtʃ/, 1899–1977, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and poet, born in Russia.

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Contemporary Examples of nabokov

Hard to believe, but after all this time as Lolita, Monica Lewinski takes one (albeit not giant) leap toward Nabokov.
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Kevin Bleyer
May 11, 2014
But the truth was I had written what I thought was a comic novel, composed under the spell of Despair, an early Nabokov.
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Noah Charney
March 13, 2014
Pope, Wharton, Nabokov, and Updike, to name only a handful, fail to register at all.
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Malcolm Forbes
November 29, 2013
Fitzgerald, Nabokov, Huxley, and the rest of them failed in Hollywood for a variety of reasons.
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Andrew Romano
October 26, 2013
She spends far more time disarming her reader than Nabokov or Forster.
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Gish Jen
April 9, 2013

British Dictionary definitions for nabokov

Nabokov

noun

Vladimir Vladimirovich (vlaˈdimir vlaˈdimirəvitʃ). 1899–1977, US novelist, born in Russia. His works include Lolita (1955), Pnin (1957), Pale Fire (1962), and Ada (1969)

Derived FormsNabokovian (ˌnæbəˈkəʊvɪən), adjective

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