Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov (1899 - 1977), full name Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin, was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. He was born in Imperial Russia and wrote his first nine novels in Russian (1926–1938) while living in Berlin, where he met his wife. He began writing in English after he moved to the United States. He became US citizen in 1945, but returned to Europe in 1961 and settled in Montreux, Switzerland.Wisdom & Quotes
- Genius is an African who dreams up snow.
- Human life is but a series of footnotes to a vast obscure unfinished masterpiece.
- Solitude is the playfield of Satan.
Elizabeth Bowen