Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0009103, Thu, 8 Jan 2004 10:47:41 -0800

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Anatoly Livry
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EDNOTE. The ubiquitous Anatoly Livry has (under various names) been peppering the internet and other media with missives in praise of his own genius and the iniquity of others. The British web journal Black Quadrant has done a story (in Russian) on M. Livry's activities which may be read read in the attachment herein.

----- Original Message -----
From: Bqmz@aol.com
To: chtodel@cox.net
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 2:35 PM
Subject: To Professor D. Barton Johnson


Dear Sir,
We have been advised to write to you by Professor Nora Buhks and Dmitri Nabokov regarding the phenomena known as Anatoly Livry and his pronouncements and allegations spread widely on the Internet and in certain printed media.
In the enclosed attachment is our article that has been published in the online version of our magazine ( at http://www.blackquadrat.com/magazine/id87.html
http://www.russiancourier.com/info/literature/455/ ) and will appear at the end of January in the printed magazine. Copies of this article have been sent to all the major literary websites where the articles of Livry were found. The publishers of these websites were asked to remove the offensive and defamatory materials and to print retractions for the articles that have been printed in their magazines.
The letter of Dmitri Nabokov (English version) was reprinted in our article from your website, this letter and other materials from the website have proved to be very effective in preventing the further proliferation of the ranting of Livry.
If you would like to reprint the attached article or any extracts from it in your forum please feel free.

Yours Sincerely
Lena Tchibor

Lena Tchibor, The Editor,
Black Quadrat Мagazine
14 Armstrong Drive
Dunstall Park
Wolverhampton
WV6 0UR
England
Tel: +44 (0) 1902 718054
E-mail: bqmagazine@blackquadrat.com
Web site: www.blackquadrat.com