Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence, 1945-1977.

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Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence, 1945-1977.

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Approximately 100 original letters and telegrams between Vladimir Nabokov and Doussia Ergaz and Marie Schébéko, his agents at Bureau Litteraire D. Clairouin, discussing in detail rights and translations, Lolita, and other professional matters; approximately 325 items between Maurice Girodias at The Olympia Press and Ergaz and Schébéko, discussing publication of Lolita, in English and in translations; the French ban on the novel; and subjects related to the early life of the book; approximately 2000 items capturing three decades of correspondence between Véra and those involved with the publication of Nabokov's works. Including about 500 typed letters signed by Véra Nabokov to Ergaz and Schébéko as well as carbons of their replies, and related correspondence and documents.

2.5 cubic ft. (ca. 2,500 items).

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Doussia, Ergaz.

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Bureau Litteraire D. Clairouin.

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Nabokova, Vera

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Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977

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Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian and American novelist, poet, short-story writer, lecturer, and literary critic. From the description of Vladimir Nabokov papers, 1918-1987 bulk (1934-1975) [microform]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 210012737 From the description of Vladimir Nabokov papers, 1918-1987 bulk (1934-1975). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122465556 From the guide to the Vladimir Nabokov papers, 1918-1987, 1934-1975, (The New Y...

Olympia Press (Paris, France)

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Cornell University

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Girodias, Maurice

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Maurice Girodias was born in 1919, the son of Jack Kahane, who came from a well-established Anglo-Jewish family in Manchester, and his French wife whose family had made their fortune building railways in Argentina. Jack Kahane set up in business in Paris as a publisher and founded the Obelisk Press which produced the work of writers prevented by censorship laws from being published in their own countries, such as Henry Miller, as well as more conventional pornography. The young Maur...

Schébéko, Marie.

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