Nabokov

American  

[nuh-baw-kuhf, nab-uh-kawf, -kof, nuh-baw-kuhf] / nəˈbɔ kəf, ˈnæb əˌkɔf, -ˌkɒf, nʌˈbɔ kəf /

noun

1. Vladimir Vladimirovich 1899–1977, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and poet, born in Russia.

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Nabokov British  

/ ˌnæbəˈkəʊvɪən, nəˈbɒkɒf, ˈnæbəˌkɒf /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• Nabokovian adjective

Example Sentences

Nabokov set an impossible mark for himself and hit it, the literary equivalent of Babe Ruth’s called shot, and his book deserves to be mythologized in similar fashion.

From Salon

Yet the tale he wrote for quick cash turned out to be one of his finest: Vladimir Nabokov listed it among his half-dozen contemporary American favorites in 1972.

From The Wall Street Journal

As Nabokov wrote of his own novel, it lacks a moral, and a moral center.

From Los Angeles Times

Vladimir Nabokov flexed on both of them by using em dashes between other em dashes.

From Salon

Framed as a confession by the child of a Frenchman and a Vietnamese woman, the narrator is a double agent with an unforgettable voice recalling Graham Greene and Vladimir Nabokov.

From Los Angeles Times