Vladimir Nabokov’s American years

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Vladimir Nabokov’s American years were the period during which the Russian-born novelist lived and worked in the United States, producing major works such as "Lolita" and teaching literature at American universities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biographical period ⓘ
literary period ⓘ
appliesToPerson Vladimir Nabokov ⓘ
associatedWithDiscipline lepidopterology ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology ⓘ
associatedWithMovement metafiction ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
employer Cornell University ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ
Wellesley College ⓘ
endTime 1961 ⓘ
fieldOfWork literary criticism ⓘ
novel writing ⓘ
short story writing ⓘ
translation ⓘ
university teaching ⓘ
hasAcademicActivity research in lepidoptery ⓘ
hasLanguageOfLiteraryProduction English ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
influenced American postwar fiction ⓘ
campus novel tradition ⓘ
notableWorkProduced Bend Sinister ⓘ
Conclusive Evidence ⓘ
Lolita ⓘ
Nine Stories ⓘ
Pale Fire ⓘ
Pnin ⓘ
Speak, Memory ⓘ
Strong Opinions ⓘ
The Enchanter (English translation) ⓘ
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight ⓘ
positionHeld lecturer in European literature ⓘ
lecturer in Russian literature ⓘ
professor of Russian literature ⓘ
residence Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
Ithaca, New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Wellesley, Massachusetts ⓘ
significantEvent critical and commercial success of Lolita ⓘ
development of butterfly research at American institutions ⓘ
emigration from Europe to the United States in 1940 ⓘ
naturalization as a U.S. citizen ⓘ
publication of Lolita in the United States ⓘ
transition from academic to full-time writer ⓘ
startTime 1940 ⓘ
taughtCourse European fiction ⓘ
Masterpieces of European fiction ⓘ
Russian literature in translation ⓘ
Russian poetry ⓘ

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Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) → timePeriodCovered → Vladimir Nabokov’s American years ⓘ