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Subject: RE: [NABOKV-L] a new challenge from an old contributor
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:45:49 +0200
From: A. Bouazza <mushtary@yahoo.com>
To: 'Vladimir Nabokov Forum' <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
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The painting Smert'(Death 1913) is by Nikolai Kalmakov, and it reminds me of
VN's poem "In Paradise" (1927):

There, in a glade, a wild angel slumbers,
A semi-pavonian creature.

A. Bouazza.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vladimir Nabokov Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] On Behalf
Of Carolyn Kunin
Sent: donderdag 29 maart 2012 3:47
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Subject: [NABOKV-L] a new challenge from an old contributor

I wonder if anyone on the List will recognize this painting or know its
Nabokovian connection?


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