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From: Nassim Balestrini
To: D. Barton Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 11:16 AM
Subject: Another question

Dear Don, dear List,
I read in a recently published dissertation that, supposedly, VN's pen name "Sirin" has something to do with his mother's maiden name. Is there any truth to this notion? How could Rukavishnikov and Sirin be connected?
Best,
Nassim Balestrini
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EDNOTE. This is a new one on me. Who wrote the dissertation?