Vladimir Nabokov

New Book: Набоковы: жена и сестра (The Nabokovs: Wife and Sister)

By stephen_blackwell , 13 January, 2026

Tatiana Ponomareva has gathered, prepared, edited, annotated, and introduced a collection of letters from Nabokov's wife Véra to his sister Elena Sikorski (and one to their nephew Rostislav Petkevich), a few of Elena's unpublished letters to Nabokov, along with Elena's autobiography,  and some of her verse. The letters date from as early as 1934 up through 1973. This collection is not yet available for purchase in the West, but should be on the market soon. These letters have not been published (or translated) previously.

Набоковы: жена и сестра / Сост., предисл., пер., подгот. текста и примеч. Т. Пономаревой. — СПб.: Издательство «Симпозиум», 2025. — 320 с., илл. ISBN 978-5-89091-619-8

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