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Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was born in St. Petersburg, Russia on April 22, 1899. In 1922 he went to Germany and completed his studies at the University of Freiburg and the University of Berlin. In 1925 he began to teach Russian literature at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
In 1940 he became a professor of Slavic languages at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, a position he held until his death in 1977. Vladimir Nabokov was a prolific writer—his novels and stories have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide. His works include Lolita (1955), Pale Fire (1962), Ada (1969), Pnin (1972), Invitation to a Beheading (1973), Glory (1977), The Original of Laura (1973) and Selected Stories (1995).