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

New "Nabokov Online Journal" (Vol. XV, 2021)

Submitted by Yuri Leving on Sun, 02/06/2022 - 15:26

 

We are happy to announce the launch of the new issue of the Nabokov Online Journal (Vol. XV, 2021).

It includes a special cluster, Vladimir Nabokov: History and Geography, guest-edited by Yannicke Chupin, Agnès Edel-Roy and Monica Manolescu.

The issue also features articles, reviews and essays by the winners of the 2021 Best Student Nabokov Essay competition.
https://www.nabokovonline.com/current-volume-2021.html

Yuri Leving,

Editor

Election Results for IVNS Vice-President

Submitted by dana_dragunoiu on Thu, 02/03/2022 - 07:47

From outgoing President of IVNS, Lara Delage-Toriel:

The Board of Directors of the International Vladimir Nabokov Society having submitted two candidates, Marie Bouchet and Matthew Roth, for the position of Vice President, and the members of the Society having now voted, it is Marie Bouchet who has become the Vice President of the International Vladimir Nabokov Society. She will serve as Siggy Frank's Vice President from 2022 to 2024 before becoming President from 2024 to 2026. The IVNS Board of Directors extends its heartfelt thanks to both candidates for agreeing to stand and for serving the Nabokov community.

 

Seminar on Nabokov's "Lance" with Olga Voronina, January 27

Submitted by dana_dragunoiu on Mon, 01/24/2022 - 10:01

Дорогие друзья, приглашаем вас на очередной Набоковский семинар 27 января в 20 часов.  Тема семинара:   «Возвращение Ланса: космический «ход коня» в последнем рассказе Набокова».   Основной докладчик семинара - Ольга Воронина (Литературный фонд Владимира Набокова, США), участник семинара -  Ольга Сконечная (Исследовательский центр EUR'ORBEM, Париж-Сорбонна, Франция).