Dmitri-Nabokov-Obituary

Dmitri Nabokov

Obituary

VEVEY, Switzerland (AP) - Dmitri Nabokov, the translator, editor and only child of acclaimed novelist Vladimir Nabokov, has died. He was 77.

Literary agent Andrew Wylie says the younger Nabokov died Wednesday at a hospital in Vevey after a long illness.

Dmitri Nabokov was a Harvard-educated mountain-climber, opera singer, racing-car driver and playboy, in addition to protecting his father's legacy.

After the success of "Lolita," Dmitri Nabokov translated his father's "Invitation to a Beheading" from Russia" and after his father's death, he wrote the memoir "On Revisiting Father's Room."

In 2009, he decided to publish his father's final, fragmentary novel "The Original of Laura," which was written on index cards in 1975-77, the last years of his life. It was an act he said that went against his father's wishes.


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Dmitri and I studied together at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge in the early 1950s. I remember especially the demanding musicianship classes with Melville Smith,Director of the School. I haven't seen Dmitri in years but miss him despite the hiatus. He was an only child, and I don't think he had living relatives. Cousins? Cynthia McCarthy Zaitzevsky

Dmitri in one of his Viper's at Moroso

Miss you good buddy! RIP; and tear 'em up up there!

In June 2011 we looked for our common grandfather tomb in Peterburg (Petropavlovsk. island). Directress In Nabokov´s museum (Peterburg) tould us that Dmitri was ill, but we couldn´t manage meet with him.
We´ll maybe manage it lately by our Lord.
Pavla Hájková, Vladimir Petkevic, Prague

Dmitri lived on Craige St and I lived across the property line on Concord Ave in Cambridge ,Ma. My mother,Ruth Ford Duncan and Vladimir were acquaintances. Dmitri and I played together. We created fireworks and other minor explosives, andbuilt small wooden race cars that were propelled on a string with CO2 cartridge fuel. We lost touch after they moved to Wellesly.

May the God of all comfort, comfort the family, friends, and fans of Dmitri Nabokov. God is close to those lonely at heart, And those who are crushed in spirit he saves.

Caro Dmitri ti ricorderò sempre. Nicoletta

As the days and weeks pass, and as you return to life's routine, may you continue to feel comforted by the love and support of family and friends.

Dear Dmitri, thank you for being part of my life. You will be sorely missed and I thank God for having met you. Bless!

Ximena

I am sorry for your loss. God provides power beyond what is normal, so trust in Him to comfort you in your time of grief.(2 Cor. 4:7)