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The VN Centennial in Lepidoptery
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EDITOR's NOTE. We literary types may tend to forget that Nabokov achieved
lasting eminence in science -- as well as art. Kurt Johnson
<johnsonk@nyo.coudert.com>, who is the leading specialist on Nabokov's
lepidopteral work, offers the following survey of Nabokov Centennial
events in that area.
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Re: What's Going on Re the Nabokov
Centenary in the Lepidopterists' Arena
I thought some of you might find useful an update on the various
attention being given the Nabokov Centenary in Lepidopterists' Circles.
Books: Nabokov's Butterflies, ed. Brian Boyd and Robert Michael Pyle
Beacon summer/fall 1999 --- a new source book with many
previously unpublished pieces by Nabokov
concerning Lepidoptera, with commentaries by Boyd, Pyle and
others.
Nabokov's Blues, The Scientific Legacy of a Literary Genius
Kurt Johnson and Steve Coates
Zoland Books summer/fall 1999
A narrative of the Nabokov scientific biography, including how
his work was finished by other scientists and the important
scientific and biodiversity issues that underly his Blues.
Vera's Butterflies
ed. Sarah Funke, Glenn Horowitz
Glenn Horowitz, spring 1999
Publication of, and commentary concerning, the many drawings of
butterflies by Nabokov, in various first editions books,
presented to his wife Vera.
Commentaries include those by Dmitri Nabokov, Brian Boyd
and Kurt Johnson, and Stephen Jay Gould
Articles: Natural History Magazine, June 1999. Brian Boyd and Kurt
Johnson
Nabokov: Literature and Lepidoptera (tentative title).
Lepidoptera News, January 1999. Letter to readers by editor
Dr. John B. Heppner re Nabokov and Lepidoptera and
short article on centenary events, centenary books
and Nabokov in general by Kurt Johnson
Lepidoptera News "Nabokov Centenary Year-- with a Full
Schedule of Events and Three New Books on his Lepidoptery"
News of the Lepidopterists Society, summer 1999
Vladimir Nabokov and the Lepidopterists' Society- a Centenary
Tribute by Kurt Johnson
American Butterflies, (North American Butterfly Association)
summer 1999
feature on Nabokov and centenary (title not yet known)
by Robert Dirig
Other:
Balint, Zsolt and Kurt Johnson's 1997 Nabokov-friendly classification of
world Blues (Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, Band 40) [Baálint, Zs.
& K. Johnson. "Reformation of the Polyommatus Section with a taxonomic
and biogeographic overview (Lepiodptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatini)".
1997, Neue entomologische Nachrichten 40: 1-68. [Nabokovia Section;
infratribe Nabokovina] was web-sited by the biodiversity survey groups
in Febr. 1999 for easier worldwide use.
Kurt Johnson and colleagues have been assisting both the Glenn
Horowitz exhibition and the New York Public Library exhibition
with specimens, materials, photographs etc.
lasting eminence in science -- as well as art. Kurt Johnson
<johnsonk@nyo.coudert.com>, who is the leading specialist on Nabokov's
lepidopteral work, offers the following survey of Nabokov Centennial
events in that area.
----------------------------------
Re: What's Going on Re the Nabokov
Centenary in the Lepidopterists' Arena
I thought some of you might find useful an update on the various
attention being given the Nabokov Centenary in Lepidopterists' Circles.
Books: Nabokov's Butterflies, ed. Brian Boyd and Robert Michael Pyle
Beacon summer/fall 1999 --- a new source book with many
previously unpublished pieces by Nabokov
concerning Lepidoptera, with commentaries by Boyd, Pyle and
others.
Nabokov's Blues, The Scientific Legacy of a Literary Genius
Kurt Johnson and Steve Coates
Zoland Books summer/fall 1999
A narrative of the Nabokov scientific biography, including how
his work was finished by other scientists and the important
scientific and biodiversity issues that underly his Blues.
Vera's Butterflies
ed. Sarah Funke, Glenn Horowitz
Glenn Horowitz, spring 1999
Publication of, and commentary concerning, the many drawings of
butterflies by Nabokov, in various first editions books,
presented to his wife Vera.
Commentaries include those by Dmitri Nabokov, Brian Boyd
and Kurt Johnson, and Stephen Jay Gould
Articles: Natural History Magazine, June 1999. Brian Boyd and Kurt
Johnson
Nabokov: Literature and Lepidoptera (tentative title).
Lepidoptera News, January 1999. Letter to readers by editor
Dr. John B. Heppner re Nabokov and Lepidoptera and
short article on centenary events, centenary books
and Nabokov in general by Kurt Johnson
Lepidoptera News "Nabokov Centenary Year-- with a Full
Schedule of Events and Three New Books on his Lepidoptery"
News of the Lepidopterists Society, summer 1999
Vladimir Nabokov and the Lepidopterists' Society- a Centenary
Tribute by Kurt Johnson
American Butterflies, (North American Butterfly Association)
summer 1999
feature on Nabokov and centenary (title not yet known)
by Robert Dirig
Other:
Balint, Zsolt and Kurt Johnson's 1997 Nabokov-friendly classification of
world Blues (Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, Band 40) [Baálint, Zs.
& K. Johnson. "Reformation of the Polyommatus Section with a taxonomic
and biogeographic overview (Lepiodptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatini)".
1997, Neue entomologische Nachrichten 40: 1-68. [Nabokovia Section;
infratribe Nabokovina] was web-sited by the biodiversity survey groups
in Febr. 1999 for easier worldwide use.
Kurt Johnson and colleagues have been assisting both the Glenn
Horowitz exhibition and the New York Public Library exhibition
with specimens, materials, photographs etc.