I was the shadow of the waxwing slain by the false azure in… - Vladimir Nabokov

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I was the shadow of the waxwing slain
by the false azure in the windowpane;

Vladimir Nabokov

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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 • Vladimir Sirin • Vl. Sirin • Wladimir Nabokoff-Sirin • V. Sirin • Nabokov

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I was the shadow of the waxwing slain by the false azure in the windowpane; - Vladimir Nabokov

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