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A wave would arrive, all out of breath, but, as it had nothing to report, it would disperse in apologetic salaams. - Vladimir Nabokov
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About Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (22 April (O.S. 10 April) 1899 – 2 July 1977) was a Russian-American writer. He wrote his first literary works in Russian, but gained international prominence as a masterly prose stylist for the novels he composed in English; his Lolita (1955) is frequently cited as one of the most important novels of the 20th century.
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Native Name:
Владимир Владимирович Набоков
Alternative Names:
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
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Vladimir Sirin
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Vl. Sirin
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Wladimir Nabokoff-Sirin
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