Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0009090, Mon, 5 Jan 2004 09:17:22 -0800

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Fw: VN looking for a job in S Africa and India
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From: Sergey Karpukhin
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 9:23 PM
Subject: VN looking for a job in S Africa and India


Dear all,

I hazily remember Nabokov saying in the late 1930s that he was ready to work as a university lecturer anywhere in the English-speaking world, India and South Africa included. I thought it was somewhere in his letters to Gleb Struve or some other good friend who could assist him in finding a job, but now I can't find it. Can anyone help clarify this?

Thanks a lot, as usual.

Sergey
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EDNOTE. I thought it might be mentioned in one of Andrew Field's book since he lived in Australia during his Nabokov period but a quick index check didn't turn up anything. Does anyone recall where VN writes this?

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