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EDNOTE. I recall VN was nominated for the National Book Award several times
but never got it as far as I recall. I do recall that in 1969,VN got the
Merit Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters but was unable to
attend the presentation.
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From: "Maxim D. Shrayer" <shrayerm@bc.edu>
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> Vladimir Nabokov's "The Defense" was among 5
> finalists for the 1965 National Book Awards, along
> with "Second Skin" by John Hawkes and "Herzog" by
> Saul Bellow as well as works by Louis Auchincloss,
> Richard E Kim, Wallace Markfield, and Isaac Bashevis
> Singer; Bellow’s "Herzog" won the award; the judges
> were Richard Gilman, R.W.B.Lewis, and Bernard
> Malamud (a bit of trivia from my ongoing research
> project on Nabokov and Hawkes).
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> MDS
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but never got it as far as I recall. I do recall that in 1969,VN got the
Merit Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters but was unable to
attend the presentation.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Maxim D. Shrayer" <shrayerm@bc.edu>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (26
lines) ------------------
> Vladimir Nabokov's "The Defense" was among 5
> finalists for the 1965 National Book Awards, along
> with "Second Skin" by John Hawkes and "Herzog" by
> Saul Bellow as well as works by Louis Auchincloss,
> Richard E Kim, Wallace Markfield, and Isaac Bashevis
> Singer; Bellow’s "Herzog" won the award; the judges
> were Richard Gilman, R.W.B.Lewis, and Bernard
> Malamud (a bit of trivia from my ongoing research
> project on Nabokov and Hawkes).
>
> MDS
> --
> ---
> Maxim D. Shrayer
> Professor of Russian & English
> Department of Slavic and Eastern Languages
> Boston College
> Lyons Hall 210
> 140 Commonwealth Avenue
> Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3804 USA
>
> shrayerm@bc.edu
> tel. (617) 552-3911 fax. (617) 552-3913
> http://fmwww.bc.edu/SL-V/ShrayerM.html
>
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