Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0003786, Sat, 13 Mar 1999 15:57:36 -0800

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VN in Moscow "Man of the Century" selections
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EDITOR's NOTE. Sergei Ilyin, the Moscow translator of VN's English novels,
forwards this item.
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Moscow's Radio "Echo" ran a "Man of the Century" poll on its Internet
site. Partial results show Bulgakov in first place; VN in second place
with 28% of the vote; Iosif Brodsky - 27%; Pasternak in fourth place. The
list ends with Gorky & Sholokhov.