Vladimir Nabokov
1899 – 1977 United States
autobiographerchess playerliterary scholarman of lettersscience fiction writer
Who was Vladimir Nabokov?
Russian-American author of "Lolita" and "Pale Fire," considered one of the greatest prose stylists in English literature and a noted lepidopterist.
Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Vladimir Nabokov (CC BY-SA 4.0).