Nabokov, the lepidopterist

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Nabokov, the lepidopterist Apr 17, 2020 23:45:53 GMT amyghost and pennypacker like this

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Post by Carl LaFong on Apr 17, 2020 23:45:53 GMT

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/apr/17/vladimir-nabokov-colour-plate-55

The famous writer and lepidopterist would spend up to 14 hours a day studying and drawing butterfly patterns in the 1940s

Looks like he drew a cock in between the two wings!

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Nabokov, the lepidopterist May 18, 2020 2:59:55 GMT via mobile amyghost, Carl LaFong, and 1 more like this

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Apr 17, 2020 23:45:53 GMT Carl LaFong said:

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/apr/17/vladimir-nabokov-colour-plate-55

The famous writer and lepidopterist would spend up to 14 hours a day studying and drawing butterfly patterns in the 1940s

Looks like he drew a cock in between the two wings!

I think it's a very cool, interesting and elegant hobby of Mr. Nabokov's. What a fascinating man. "Lolita" is one of my favorite novels. To think that English was something like Nabokov's third language is stunning.

Interesting observation on your part. You are probably right.

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Nabokov, the lepidopterist May 18, 2020 12:21:10 GMT Carl LaFong likes this

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Post by amyghost on May 18, 2020 12:21:10 GMT

I have a couple of books that feature Nabokov's drawings of lepidoptera. Fascinating. A true renaissance type, as his lengthy and erudite correspondence with Edmund Wilson demonstrated (and Wilson was certainly a renaissance type himself).

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Nabokov, the lepidopterist

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