THE NEWS OF NEWPORT.
Date: 23 April 1899
Vladimir Nabokov Birthday, Date of Birth
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Набоков [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ nɐˈbokəf] ; 22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1899 – 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (Владимир Сирин), was a Russian and American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Born in Imperial Russia in 1899, Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian (1926–1938) while living in Berlin, where he met his wife, Véra Nabokov. He achieved international acclaim and prominence after moving to the United States, where he began writing in English. Trilingual in Russian, English, and French, Nabokov became a U.S. citizen in 1945 and lived mostly on the East Coast before returning to Europe in 1961, where he settled in Montreux, Switzerland.
From 1948 to 1959, Nabokov was a professor of Russian literature at Cornell University. His 1955 novel Lolita ranked fourth on Modern Library's list of the 100 best 20th-century novels in 1998 and is considered one of the greatest works of 20th-century literature. Nabokov's Pale Fire, published in 1962, ranked 53rd on the same list. His memoir, Speak, Memory, published in 1951, is considered among the greatest nonfiction works of the 20th century, placing eighth on Random House's ranking of 20th-century works. Nabokov was a seven-time finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. He also was an expert lepidopterist and composer of chess problems. Time magazine wrote that Nabokov had "evolved a vivid English style which combines Joycean word play with a Proustian evocation of mood and setting".
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Saturday, April 22, 1899
- Place of Birth
- Saint Petersburg
- Age
- 126
- Star Sign
- ♉
The April 22, 1899 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♉. It was the 111 day of the year. President of the United States was William McKinley.
If you were born on this day, you are 126 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 196 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in 168 days. You have lived for 46,217 days, or about 1,109,209 hours, or about 66,552,555 minutes, or about 3,993,153,300 seconds.
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22nd of April 1899 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on April 22, 1899
BOOK NEWS IN LONDON.
Date: 22 April 1899
Special Cablegram to THE NEW YORK TIMES'S SATURDAY REVIEW.H.N
NOTES AND NEWS.; Items Gathered During This Week's Tour of the Publishing Houses.
Date: 22 April 1899
NEWS OF THE RAILROADS.; SALE OF THE FLORIDA CENTRAL. The Majority Stock Paid For -- Directors' Meeting Wednesday.
Date: 23 April 1899
CHICAGO NEWS OF THE WEEK; Baxter Committee Examining the Administration of the City. HARRISON MAY BE GOVERNOR William Archer on the Drama -- A Remarkable New Yacht -- Views on the Supposed Cancer Germ.
Date: 23 April 1899
RELIGIOUS NEWS AND VIEWS; Plans for Several New Churches in the City Are Being Made. EXTENSION OF GRACE CHANCEL $200,000 Episcopal Edifice for Brooklyn -- Christian Scientists to Build Places of Worship.
Date: 22 April 1899