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EDITOR'S NOTE: Starting in 1993, the Nabokov Foundation, headquartered
in the old Nabokov home in St. Petersburg and headed by Vadim Stark,
hosts an annual program entitled "Nabokov Days in Petersburg." It
takes place around Nabokov's April 23rd birthday. Although the con-
ference is "international," it is a mostly Russian affair and news
about it is hard to come by. NABOKV-L ran a copy of the program for
the first gathering in April, 1993. Jane Grayson in London has now
kindly sent a copy of the 1994 program which is excerpted below.
Although the programs have included many Nabokov-related activities
such as musical events, films, art exhibits, excursions to "Nabokov
places," a chess problem competition, a PEN Club meeting, etc., the
material below is limited to papers presented at the 1994 conference.
The number and range of the papers shows the increasing vigor and
diversity of Nabokov studies in the land of the author's birth. If
anyone has a copy of the 1995 program, please let me know.
April 22, 1994
1. A. Blok (France) "V. Nabokov: Man and Fate"
2. T.N. Belova (Moscow) "Postmodernist Tendencies in Nabokov's Work"
3. I.N. Tolstoi (Petersburg) "Why Nabokov isn't the Author of _A Novel
with Cocaine"
4. D.A. Aleksandrov (Petersburg) "Nabokov the Entomologist"
5. T.F. Verizhnikova (Petersburg) "Nabokov and Cummings"
6. Jesse Lokrantz (USA) "On the Far Side of the Design: Some Stylistic
Devices used by Nabokov"
7. S.A. Fomichev (Petersburg) "Problems with Idols: Chapter IV of
Nabokov's GIFT and Tertz's STROLLS WITH PUSHKIN"
8. E.B. Belodubrovskii (Petersburg) "Pushkin `Studies' from the
Nabokov Archive in the New York Public Library"
9. V.P. Stark (Petersburg) "The Pushkin Coordiates in Nabokov's PNIN"
10.N.I. Tolstaya & M.B. Meilakh (Petersburg) Nabokov's Russian
Stories"
11. B.A. Gavrilov (The Crimea) "Voloshin and Nabokov"
12. M.A.Vostrikhova (Moscow) "Features of Nabokov's First Collection
THE RETURN OF CHORB"
13. Isakhaya Yuiti & Numano Mitsuesi (Japan) "Nabokov in Japan"
14. Vao Vimala Rama (India) "Nabokov in India"
April 23, 1994
15. Nora Buhks (France)"The Structure of Nabokov's KING, QUEEN, KNAVE"
16. N.K. Teletova (Petersburg) "Nabokov and Ambrose Bierce"
17. Zdenek Pechal (Czechoslovakia) "The Principle of `Play" in
Nabokov's DESPAIR"
18. K.V. Zhukov (Petersburg) "The Phenomenology of Doubleness:
Dostoevsky in Nabokov's DESPAIR"
19. M.V. Chernitskaya (Petersburg) "The Theory of the Evolution of the
Species in Nabokokv's GLORY (Martin & Darwin)"
20. I.A. Makarova (Peterburg) "Classical Motifs in Nabokov's GLORY"
21. T.A. Boborykina (Petersburg) "Literary Criticism: The Nabokovs--
Father and Son"
22. B.V. Averin (Petersburg) "On Nabokov's THE LUZHIN DEFENSE"
23. Jane Grayson (Great Britain) "The Metamorphosis of Nabokov's THE
GIFT: Some Keys to THE GIFT"
24. S.V. Vernadskii (Petersburg) "The Paradox of `Engagedness': On
Nabokov's THE GIFT"
25. S.S. Shul'ts (Petersburg) "Nabokov `Zoorlandia' and Russia;
`Uldaborg' and Petersburg"
26. V. Linetskii (Petersburg. Nabokov's Freud (Literature This Side of
of the Pleasure Principle).
in the old Nabokov home in St. Petersburg and headed by Vadim Stark,
hosts an annual program entitled "Nabokov Days in Petersburg." It
takes place around Nabokov's April 23rd birthday. Although the con-
ference is "international," it is a mostly Russian affair and news
about it is hard to come by. NABOKV-L ran a copy of the program for
the first gathering in April, 1993. Jane Grayson in London has now
kindly sent a copy of the 1994 program which is excerpted below.
Although the programs have included many Nabokov-related activities
such as musical events, films, art exhibits, excursions to "Nabokov
places," a chess problem competition, a PEN Club meeting, etc., the
material below is limited to papers presented at the 1994 conference.
The number and range of the papers shows the increasing vigor and
diversity of Nabokov studies in the land of the author's birth. If
anyone has a copy of the 1995 program, please let me know.
April 22, 1994
1. A. Blok (France) "V. Nabokov: Man and Fate"
2. T.N. Belova (Moscow) "Postmodernist Tendencies in Nabokov's Work"
3. I.N. Tolstoi (Petersburg) "Why Nabokov isn't the Author of _A Novel
with Cocaine"
4. D.A. Aleksandrov (Petersburg) "Nabokov the Entomologist"
5. T.F. Verizhnikova (Petersburg) "Nabokov and Cummings"
6. Jesse Lokrantz (USA) "On the Far Side of the Design: Some Stylistic
Devices used by Nabokov"
7. S.A. Fomichev (Petersburg) "Problems with Idols: Chapter IV of
Nabokov's GIFT and Tertz's STROLLS WITH PUSHKIN"
8. E.B. Belodubrovskii (Petersburg) "Pushkin `Studies' from the
Nabokov Archive in the New York Public Library"
9. V.P. Stark (Petersburg) "The Pushkin Coordiates in Nabokov's PNIN"
10.N.I. Tolstaya & M.B. Meilakh (Petersburg) Nabokov's Russian
Stories"
11. B.A. Gavrilov (The Crimea) "Voloshin and Nabokov"
12. M.A.Vostrikhova (Moscow) "Features of Nabokov's First Collection
THE RETURN OF CHORB"
13. Isakhaya Yuiti & Numano Mitsuesi (Japan) "Nabokov in Japan"
14. Vao Vimala Rama (India) "Nabokov in India"
April 23, 1994
15. Nora Buhks (France)"The Structure of Nabokov's KING, QUEEN, KNAVE"
16. N.K. Teletova (Petersburg) "Nabokov and Ambrose Bierce"
17. Zdenek Pechal (Czechoslovakia) "The Principle of `Play" in
Nabokov's DESPAIR"
18. K.V. Zhukov (Petersburg) "The Phenomenology of Doubleness:
Dostoevsky in Nabokov's DESPAIR"
19. M.V. Chernitskaya (Petersburg) "The Theory of the Evolution of the
Species in Nabokokv's GLORY (Martin & Darwin)"
20. I.A. Makarova (Peterburg) "Classical Motifs in Nabokov's GLORY"
21. T.A. Boborykina (Petersburg) "Literary Criticism: The Nabokovs--
Father and Son"
22. B.V. Averin (Petersburg) "On Nabokov's THE LUZHIN DEFENSE"
23. Jane Grayson (Great Britain) "The Metamorphosis of Nabokov's THE
GIFT: Some Keys to THE GIFT"
24. S.V. Vernadskii (Petersburg) "The Paradox of `Engagedness': On
Nabokov's THE GIFT"
25. S.S. Shul'ts (Petersburg) "Nabokov `Zoorlandia' and Russia;
`Uldaborg' and Petersburg"
26. V. Linetskii (Petersburg. Nabokov's Freud (Literature This Side of
of the Pleasure Principle).