Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Vladimir Nabokov across 6 places, from 1918 to 1977.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin, was a Russian and American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Vladimir Nabokov is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Vladimir Nabokov was documented, and when
September 1918month
Livadiya, Crimeaattested“They lived at a friend's estate and in September 1918 moved to Livadiya, at the time under the separatist Crimean Regional Government, in which Nabokov's father became a minister of justice.”source: Wikipedia: Vladimir Nabokov
1920year
Berlinattested“Hyde or Ulysses, that Nabokov made the firm decision to become a Russian writer." In 1920, Nabokov's family moved to Berlin, where his father set up the émigré newspaper Rul ("Rudder").”source: Wikipedia: Vladimir Nabokov
1939year
Parisattested“In 1939, in Paris, Nabokov wrote the 55-page novella The Enchanter, his final work of Russian fiction.”source: Wikipedia: Vladimir Nabokov
1944year
United Statesattested“Following a lecture tour through the United States, Nabokov returned to Wellesley for the 1944–45 academic year as a lecturer in Russian.”source: Wikipedia: Vladimir Nabokov
9 January 1945exact date
Neuengamme concentration campattested“Nabokov's brother Sergey did not leave France, and he died at the Neuengamme concentration camp on 9 January 1945.”source: Wikipedia: Vladimir Nabokov
1961year
Montreuxattested“In 1961, he and Véra moved to the Montreux Palace Hotel in Montreux, Switzerland, where he remained until the end of his life.”source: Wikipedia: Vladimir Nabokov
Other places tied to Vladimir Nabokov in the record
In each of these, a source puts Vladimir Nabokov and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Vladimir Nabokov was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1917year
Saint Petersburgmentioned“Some time after the publication of Stikhi, Zinaida Gippius, renowned poet and first cousin of his teacher, told Nabokov's father at a social event, "Please tell your son that he will never be a writer." After the 1917 February Revolution…”source: Wikipedia: Vladimir Nabokov
March 1922month
Berlinmentioned“In March 1922, Russian monarchists Pyotr Shabelsky-Bork and Sergey Taboritsky shot and killed Nabokov's father in Berlin as he was shielding their target, Pavel Milyukov, a leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party-in-exile.”source: Wikipedia: Vladimir Nabokov
May 1923month
Berlinmentioned“In May 1923, he met Véra Evseyevna Slonim, a Russian-Jewish woman, at a charity ball in Berlin.”source: Wikipedia: Vladimir Nabokov
1937year
Germanymentioned“In 1937, Nabokov left Germany for France, where he had a short affair with Irina Guadanini, also a Russian émigrée.”source: Wikipedia: Vladimir Nabokov
May 1940month
United Statesmentioned“He later called it "the first little throb of Lolita." In May 1940, the Nabokovs fled the advancing German troops, reaching the United States via the SS Champlain.”source: Wikipedia: Vladimir Nabokov
1941year
Wellesley, Massachusettsmentioned“The Nabokovs resided in Wellesley, Massachusetts, during the 1941–42 academic year.”source: Wikipedia: Vladimir Nabokov
June 1953month
Ashland, Oregonmentioned“In June 1953, Nabokov and his family went to Ashland, Oregon.”source: Wikipedia: Vladimir Nabokov
1 October 1953exact date
Ithacamentioned“On 1 October 1953, he and his family returned to Ithaca, where he later taught the young writer Thomas Pynchon.”source: Wikipedia: Vladimir Nabokov
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