English-Russian Translators - Vladimir Nabokov, Helena Roerich, Samuil Marshak, Andrey Kistyakovsky, Maxim D. Shrayer, Vera Nabokov (Paperback)

Chapters: Vladimir Nabokov, Helena Roerich, Samuil Marshak, Andrey Kistyakovsky, Maxim D. Shrayer, Vera Nabokov, Vladimir Muravyov, Nora Gal, Boris Zakhoder, Viktor Golyshev, Marina Boroditskaya. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 63. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: , pronounced; 22 April 1899 2 July 1977) was a multilingual Russian-American novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist. He also made contributions to entomology and had an interest in chess problems. Nabokov's Lolita (1955) is frequently cited as among his most important novels and is his most widely known, exhibiting the love of intricate word play and synesthetic detail that characterised all his works. The novel was ranked at #4 in the list of the Modern Library 100 Best Novels. Pale Fire (1962) was ranked at #53 on the same list. His memoir entitled Speak, Memory was listed #8 on the Modern Library nonfiction list. Nabokov House in Saint Petersburg where Nabokov was born and lived the first 18 years of his life Nabokov was born on 22 April 1899 (10 April 1899 Old-Style), in Saint Petersburg. The eldest of five children of liberal lawyer, politician, and journalist Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov and his wife, n e Elena Ivanovna Rukavishnikova, he was born to a wealthy and prominent family of the untitled nobility of Saint Petersburg. His cousins included the composer Nicolas Nabokov. He spent his childhood and youth in St. Petersburg and at the country estate Vyra near Siverskaya, south of the city. Nabokov's childhood, which he called "perfect," was remarkable in several ways. The family spoke Russian, English, and French in their household, and Nabokov was trilingual f...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=32442