Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0001763, Tue, 4 Mar 1997 17:25:51 -0800

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New York Times VN Collation
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EDITOR's NOTE. Sandy Klein (taxi@flinet.com) very kindly sends a Table of
Contents to the new NYT web page containing material by and about VN that
has appeared in the paper over the years. For the material itself, see the
URLs below.

http://www.nytimes.com/books/home
http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/03/02/lifetimes/nabokov.html
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VLADIMIR NABOKOV: Life & Times

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Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) was one of the most imaginative and
accomplished writers of the century. Born in Russia, he lived in the United
States and Europe, studying butterflies and other fleeting, vivid facts of
life.
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[Image] [Image] [Image] April 5, 1964

-- from The Times' [Image]
Obituary of Nabokov, Nabokov Reads at
July 5, 1977 The 92nd Street Y
(To listen to these
PLUS: readings, you'll need the
* A Talk With Mr. Nabokov RealAudio player. Get
(1951) RealAudio. Note: While
* Why Nabokov Detests RealAudio is playing, you
Freud (1966) can click on links and
* Nabokov on Nabokov and read articles. RealAudio
Things (1968) will keep playing in the
* The Old Magician at Home background.)
(1971)
* Vladimir Nabokov, 72 * You can listen to the
Today, Writing a New Novel full reading (1 hr.) or go
(1971) right to the following
sections:

[Image] [Image] * Introduction by Susan
Sontag 6 min.
-- From a review of * "The Ballad of Longwood
Lolita, August 17, 1958 Glen" 6 min.
* From "Pale Fire", The
[Image] Novel 20 min.
* From "Pale Fire", The
-- From a different review Poem 13 min.
of Lolita, August 18, 1958 * "A Lecture on Russian
Poetry" 11 min.
PLUS REVIEWS OF: * A Poem from "Lolita" 4
* Laughter in the Dark min.
(1938)
* Bend Sinister (1947) ------
* Conclusive Evidence Get on the 92nd Street Y's
(1951) Mailing List
* Pnin (1957)
* Pale Fire (1962) See a Schedule of Readings
* Speak, Memory: An at the 92nd Street Y's
Autobiography Revisited Unterberg Poetry Center
(1967)
* Nabokov's Congeries
(1968) , reviewed by [Image]
Anthony Burgess * Is "Lolita" a Love
* Ada (1969) Story?
* Ada, reviewed by Alfred
Appel, Jr. ------
* Look at the Harlequins NABOKOV ON THE WEB:
(1974) * Zembla, a lode of
* Lectures on Russian 'Nabokovia'
Literature (1981)
* Selected Letters (1989) ------
* The Stories of Vladimir OTHER LIFE AND TIMES
Nabokov (1995), reviewed AUTHORS:
by John Updike * Next Week: Stephen King

REVIEWS WRITTEN BY
NABOKOV:
* The Silence of the Sea,
by Hilaire Belloc (1941)
* Nausea, by Jean-Paul
Sartre (1949)
* Audubon's Butterflies,
Moths, and Other Studies,
(1952)