Dieter E. Zimmer Obituaries and Tributes from Germany
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In Memoriam: Dieter E. Zimmer (1934-2020) by Brian Boyd
Dieter Eduard Zimmer, essayist, editor, translator, an intellectually “incorruptible” “Renaissance man” (I quote from the German Wikipedia) and among much else Nabokov’s most important translator, editor, and longest-serving scholar, has died in Berlin on June 19, 2020, aged 85.
Nabokov Readings '20: Interview with Brian Boyd, July 3
This year's Nabokov Readings in St. Petersburg, Russia, will feature an open online interview with Brian Boyd. To submit a question for an online event scheduled to take place on July 3, please follow this link. The Russian GoogleDocs form linked here prompts you to enter a valid email address and type in your question (note: the separate blank field for questions is mislabeled "your answer" at the time of this post's publication).
Nabokov Readings/Nabokovskie chteniia '20: June 30-July 4 (online)
The Institute of Russian Literature in St. Petersburg, Russia, known as "the Pushkin House," will be conducting this year's Nabokov Readings online.
New book: The Five Senses in Vladimir Nabokov's Works
Just published:
The Five Senses in Nabokov's Works, edited by Julie Loison-Charles, Isabelle Poulin and Marie Bouchet (Palgrave McMillan, 2020). Please find the table of contents below.
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