Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0003568, Wed, 6 Jan 1999 15:24:57 -0800

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St. Petersburg Nabokov Conference: April 1999
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EDITOR's NOTE. NABOKV-L thanks Galya Korovina <Gkorovina@aol.com>
of New York for translating and making this information available. Please
address inquiries to the conference organizers at the addresses below.
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The Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
(Pushkin House)
The Pushkin Commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences
and
The Nabokov Foundation

invite you to participate in an International Conference:


"Alexander Pushkin and Vladimir Nabokov"


dedicated to the

Bicentennial of Alexander Pushkin's birth
and the
Centennial of Vladimir Nabokov's birth

to be held April 15-18, 1999

Program:

* Alexander Pushkin in the works of Vladimir Nabokov
* the development of Pushkinian ideas in Nabokov s art
* A comparative study: Pushkin and Nabokov: The literature of Pushkin's
day and the art of Vladimir Nabokov
* Turn-of-the-century nineteenth-century European literature as perceived
by Alexander Pushkin and Vladimir Nabokov
* Vladimir Nabokov: Pushkin scholar and Eugene Onegin commentator
* Vladimir Nabokov as Alexander Pushkin's French and English translator
* Alexander Pushkin and Vladimir Nabokov in the contemporary literary
process

The Organizing Committee will bear the cost of hotels and meals as well as the
cultural program and publication of the conference proceedings.

The Conference program includes excursions to sites related to Pushkin and
Nabokov in St. Petersburg, Tsarskoe Selo, Rozhdestveno, Vyra, and Batovo.

Organizational contribution - $200

Deadline for conference registration and paper proposals (1 page) is March 1,
1999.

Organizing Committee:
Nabokov Foundation, 47 Bolshaya Morskaya Street, St. Petersburg 190000, Russia
Tel: (812) 315-4713; fax: (812) 356-5330
e-mail: fnab@comset.spb.ru
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The Nabokov Festival in St. Petersburg
April 10-23, 1999

Program


April 10 Gala devoted to the centennial of Vladimir Nabokov's
birth, with a concert by the leading soloists and groups of St. Petersburg

April 15-18 International Conference: Alexander Pushkin and Vladimir
Nabokov
The Conference is sponsored by the Institute of Russian
Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Pushkin House), the Nabokov
Foundation, and the Pushkin Commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences

April 20-23 Festival at the Nabokov estates of Rozhdestveno, Vyra, and
Batovo
Concerts, exhibitions, seminars, and outdoor fetes


The Festival program includes film showings, exhibitions of painting and
photography, stage presentations based on Vladimir Nabokov's works, and a
graphic art competition.