Welcome to The Nabokovian!

Welcome to the official site of the International Vladimir Nabokov Society (IVNS). You can access most of the site as you wish, but to add to or edit material wiki-style, as we would love you to do, you will have to register to the site by following the protocol spelled out below.

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New Feature: Classics from The Nabokovian

Introducing a new feature: read classic materials from the archives of the print version of The Nabokovian. Selected by the site's editors, contents will be featured free of charge and will vary quarterly. Full access to all of the print and electronic issues of The Nabokovian are available on this site to members of the International Vladimir Nabokov Society (IVNS). To join, please go here.

Our second feature is Nabokov's poem "Shakespeare," translated by Dmitri Nabokov. Enjoy your reading!

 

News

Lolita Documentary and Accompanying Literary Evening

Submitted by dana_dragunoiu on Tue, 10/19/2021 - 04:57

From Julie Loison-Charles, President of Les Chercheurs Enchantés:

Unfortunately the international version of the Lolita documentary is not ready yet but the director has given us a link to the original version (all French) that members outside of France can now open: https://vimeo.com/624543920/fc37d9d250

Reminder: Hidden Nabokov deadline Nov 1

Submitted by stephen_blackwell on Mon, 10/18/2021 - 07:09
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The final extended deadline for submissions to the Hidden Nabokov Conference at Wellesley College with an excursion to Cambridge, 15-19 June, 2022, is in just two weeks, Nov. 1, 2021.  If you've already submitted an abstract, you don't need to resend it -- but you can replace it with a revised version or a new proposal if you wish. Please note as well that we invite poster presentations and panels.

 

September 29: Nabokov Seminar at the Institute of Russian Literature, St. Petersburg

Submitted by dana_dragunoiu on Mon, 09/27/2021 - 06:03

Друзья, уже очень скоро, 29 сентября состоится наш очередной Набоковский семинар - первый после летнего перерыва. В этот раз с нами известнейший литературовед Михаил Вайскопф (Израиль) , с очень интересной и неожиданной темой - "Символические путешествия в романах "Машенька" и "Король, дама, валет". Семинар проходит полностью online. Всем коллегам мы, как всегда, с радостью вышлем ссылку, пишите Татьяне Пономаревой по адресу nabokovreadings@gmail.com Ждем вас 29 сентября в 20.00.