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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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
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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