Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0016641, Thu, 3 Jul 2008 15:12:06 +0400

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Anniversary of Nabokov's death
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Yesterday was the 31th anniversary of VN's death. I recently learned that VN died on the same day as J. J. Rousseau, 199 years (why not 200? either Jean Jacques was granted a superfluous year of life, or VN didn't want to plagiarize) after the Swiss-born writer. Chekhov (1860-1904), too, died on July 2, but the date is by the old style (it corresponds to July 15 of the Gregorian calendar).

Alexey Sklyarenko

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