Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0008867, Thu, 6 Nov 2003 10:20:34 -0800

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A Visit to The Saint Petersburg Nabokov Museum (fwd)
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EDNOTE. VLADIMIR NABOKOV was among the major literary figures of Russian
and English literature of the XXth Century. We are fortunate to have a
handful of selfless souls who are dedicated preserving his home and
heritage in St. Petersburg. We all owe them our thanks and support. Below
are some remarks from a recent visitor to the Museum.


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Date: Thursday, November 06, 2003 12:43 PM +0000
From: Lester Yeo <lyeo@supanet.com>
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Subject: Re: The Saint Petersburg Nabokov Museum

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As a recent visitor to the museum, may I underscore what
Terry and Don have written. The staff went out of their way to show the
delights of the house, and turned a weekend in Russia into a Nabokov
pilgrimage. I was particularly delighted to see Terry's recent donation
(presented the previous day), and am exceptionally grateful to him and to
Yelena. All lovers of Nabokov should make an especial effort to get there.

Lester Yeo
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From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu>
To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 2:11 AM
Subject: The Saint Petersburg Nabokov Museum


> EDNOTE. NABOKV-L and I thank Terry Myers for his magnificent gift to the
> St. Petersburg Vladimir Nabokov Museum. I join Terry in hoping that the
> suscribers to NABOKV-L will experience the thrill of visiting the Nabokov
> Museum so ably directed by Tatyana Ponomaryova in the former St.Petersburg
> Nabokov family home. Terry's gift is to be applauded. Terry is also the
> founder of the charitable organization "Friends of the Nabokov Museum"
> which is now officially designated by the IRS as eligible for
> tax-deductible donations. For further information, please contact
> <friendsofnabokov@sbcgloabal.net>.
> There is also a postal address: Friends of Nabokov P.O. Box 41146
> San Jose, CA 95160.
>
>
>
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> Date: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 8:21 PM -0500
> From: Terry Myers <rqueneau@netscape.net>
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
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> Dear NABOKV-L Subscribers:
>
> Since you are on the subject of the original _Korol', dama, valet- (_King,
> Queen, Knave_), I might mention that last week I donated an inscrbed copy
> of this book to the Nabokov Museum in St. Petersburg, which is where I
feel
> it belongs. The inscription is in the form of a poem "Babochki" and the
> book is dedicated to one of Nabokov's lepidopterist friends in Berlin,
> Nikolai Kardakov. I also donated other Nabokov Russian first editions,
some
> American firsteditions from the library of Morris Bishop, representative
> first editions of other emigre writers, and several issues of emigre
> journals. My personal desire is that the museum will one day become a
major
> center for the study of emigre culture.
>
> I hope that many subscribers to the Nabokv-L will one day visit the
> museum. As you know from your own experience, the pilgrimage is worth the
> effort. Viewing the rooms that Nabokov describes so precisely and movingly
> is truly overwhelming. Another pleasure is getting to know the museum's
> director, Tanya Ponomareva, and curator/librarian, Yelena Kuznetsova. They
> are knowledgeable, hard-working, and dedicated. And I shouldn't forget all
> those wonderful Russian scholars (Averin, Dolinin, etc.) who, for me at
> least, have revealed aspects about Nabokov's art that I didn't suspect
were
> there. Lastly, I shouldn't forget Olga Voronina, without whose heroic
> efforts the museum enterprise would have failed a long time ago.
>
> Terry Myers
>
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> D. Barton Johnson
> NABOKV-L
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