Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian-born American writer of the 20th century. His most famous work is the novel Lolita, published in 1955.

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• Lifetime: 10 April 1899 •  2 July 1977
• Main genre: contemporary fiction (at the time of publication)
• Literary movement: Modernism and Postmodernism
• Mid-2026 popularity rank:  103 • Trending ▲

"The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible."