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I only met him once, at a reading of the Enchanter in a bookstore. He read beautifully, all the words were lovingly pronounced, a strange resemblance to VN on a recording was what I carried away. He declined to autograph a volume, demurring as he only translated it, then reflected anew and did it. His death ends an era of enabled scholarship when we had him to turn to for a question or possible interpretation. What a loss to Nabokophiles and all readers.RIP.
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I met Dmitri only once, at the Nabokov Centenary Festival, where hegreeted me by kissing my hand. This old world, courtly gesture liveswith me like a tattoo. RIP DN, and the two VNs. We shall miss youforever.
---Suellen Stringer-Hye
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In commemoration of Dmitri Nabokov's passing, I'm pausing theforwarding of ordinary messages; the few that came in recently willwait until late today for forwarding. I know that Dmitri Nabokov was agreat and generous help to many on this list in their research, inaddition to being an extraordinary translator, preserver, and extenderof Nabokov's literary heritage. His goodness and his presence as anintimate link to Nabokov will be deeply missed.
It is somehow incredibly apt that in the early hours this morning,before the news reached me, I was rereading "Signs and Symbols" andAlexander Dolinin's article on it in preparation for this morning'sclass. The two (story and reading) work together to make a perfectimage for today's (actually last night's) loss.
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/dolinin.htm
If others would like to post commemorations regarding DmitriVladimirovich's role in their Nabokovian lives, I will post theseduring the day, before resuming regular posts this evening.
Stephen Blackwell
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RE: [NABOKV-L] DVN, 1934-2012
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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:49:28 -0600
From:
Stringer-Hye, Suellen<suellen.stringer-hye@Vanderbilt.Edu>
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Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
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I met Dmitri only once, at the Nabokov Centenary Festival, where hegreeted me by kissing my hand. This old world, courtly gesture liveswith me like a tattoo. RIP DN, and the two VNs. We shall miss youforever.
---Suellen Stringer-Hye
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From: Vladimir Nabokov Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] OnBehalf Of Nabokv-L
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:48 AM
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Subject: [NABOKV-L] DVN, 1934-2012
In commemoration of Dmitri Nabokov's passing, I'm pausing theforwarding of ordinary messages; the few that came in recently willwait until late today for forwarding. I know that Dmitri Nabokov was agreat and generous help to many on this list in their research, inaddition to being an extraordinary translator, preserver, and extenderof Nabokov's literary heritage. His goodness and his presence as anintimate link to Nabokov will be deeply missed.
It is somehow incredibly apt that in the early hours this morning,before the news reached me, I was rereading "Signs and Symbols" andAlexander Dolinin's article on it in preparation for this morning'sclass. The two (story and reading) work together to make a perfectimage for today's (actually last night's) loss.
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/dolinin.htm
If others would like to post commemorations regarding DmitriVladimirovich's role in their Nabokovian lives, I will post theseduring the day, before resuming regular posts this evening.
Stephen Blackwell
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