Vladimir Nabokov

Russian and later American author... Last name's pronounced NaBOKov. First name is pronounced VlaDEEmir. Can someone confirm if he introduced himself to people by saying "My names Vladimir--rhymes with Redeemer"?

Everyone knows he wrote Lolita (ISBN 0679723161 ).

See http://bookshelved.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BendSinister

He's a famous user of the humble IndexCard.

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