Dear List,
Who were "Diron Frieders" and "Mark Hamburg", or the authors of
"tasteless parody" Nabokov vs Wilson from "The New York Times book
review" (1972. January 16, p. 40)?
(See "The New York Times archive:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F00E7DB173DE53ABC4E52DFB7668389669EDE).
Nabokov mentioned this "phony names of one or two facetious
undergraduates, judging by the style and piffle" in his letter to John
Leonard, editor of "The New York Times" (reprinted in "Strong
Opinions".)
Was it John Leonard, editor of "The New York Times"?!!
Тhanks in advance
Nikolai Mel'nikov