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By stephen_blackwell , 28 February, 2019

Welcome to The Nabokovian!

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By stephen_blackwell , 27 February, 2019

In Memoriam Gennady Barabtarlo by Stephen Blackwell

From the looks of things, I must have met Gene in 1995, at a typically over-endowed conference hotel in Washington, DC.  I don't know when or where our first words of greeting were spoken, but I do know that among the earliest were some that immediately highlighted his wry, understated sense of humor:
By dana_dragunoiu , 27 February, 2019

In Memoriam Gennady Barabtarlo by Maurice Couturier

Gene Barabtarlo was a gentleman, a conscientious and highly learned 
scholar, a great Nabokovian, an excellent linguist… and a friend. I 
first met him in June 1992. I had invited him to the first Nice 

By dana_dragunoiu , 27 February, 2019

In Memoriam Gennady Barabtarlo by Stanislav Shvabrin

The news of Gennady Aleksandrovich Barabtarlo’s passing should not have caught me off-guard, but I must confess to finding myself lost for words at a moment that I knew would be coming.

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