of the preface is here alexander alekseevich dalinin, one of the major... researchers, well , today we are talking about nabokov with wonderful guests, this is the head of the nabokov center of the institute of russian literaturef the russian academy of sciences, pushkin house, tatyana olegovna panomareva. hello, tatyana olegovna, i’m very glad to see you today, and journalist, literary critic, researcher of nabokov’s work, igor dimyanovich kirienkov. hello, igor demyanovich, if you allow me, i will simply call you igor. i think it's appropriate and let's get started with such a quick question, here for you now, what is the most important thing about nabokov in his life, in his behavior, in his reputation, in his works, in the intonation of tatyana olegovna, well, if we say nabokov is a writer, then of course he is the creator of a new language of russian literature, yeah, after nabokov, everyone began to write a little differently, because it’s already difficult to write like before after nabokov, so it seems to me. when i lived in europe, when i left for america, when i returned to europe, i was always on my own wavelength, with my own set of favorite authors, ideas about what literature should be and what i

conversation, we talk about vladimir nabokov, about his biography, about his books, and my interlocutors, today the head of the nabokov center of the institute russian literatureciences, pushkin house, tatyana olegovna ponomareva, and literary critic, journalist, researcher of nabokov’s work igor kirienkov. igor, i’ve already put on my glasses, this means that... mandar begins, well, in the broad sense of the word, it begins with how fyodor konstantinovich godunov cherdyntsev reads his collection of poems, rereads it, understands its significance, directly quotes himself, or rather, well, how if in a novel we see these poems written by him, here he rises to the pinnacle of pride, thinks, i thank you, fatherland, that’s it, his career has taken place, he is recognized by you, he thinks, but then a miracle happens, because we see... how a poem is written before our eyes, imagine that we would have a text where pushkin would describe how he writes, i remember, a wonderful moment, or i erected a monument to myself that was not man-made, nabokov has it all, let’s listen to vladimir vladimirovich, i’m still far from thirty, today i’m recognized, recognized, i thank

of the preface here is alexander alekseevich dalinin, one of the major researchers, and today we are talking about nabokov with wonderful guests, this is the head of the nabokov center of the institute of russian literatureshkin house, tatyana olegovna panomareva. hello, tatyana olegovna, i am very glad to see you today, and a journalist, literary critic, and creativity researcher. on the side of absolute independence of judgment, its freedom from foreign canons, readiness create his own, both when he lived in europe and when he left for america, when he returned to europe, he was always on his own wavelength with his set of favorite authors, ideas about what literature should be and what it should not be, the second thing is probably his , mad hard work, because when you read his biography, especially the second volume of boyd, when he had already become the most famous author in the world, boyd, nabokov’s biographer. just in case, let’s clarify, yes, you understand at what a crazy pace he worked, he could financially afford not to do anything else, enjoy life, well, from some point on, not immediately, at the same time, every year he published a new book, original, translation, poetry, plays, prose, an