---
name: "Vladimir Nabokov"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vladimir-nabokov"
fi1m_id: "vladimir-nabokov"
imdb_id: "nm0618603"
tmdb_id: 12007
wikidata_id: "Q36591"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "22 April 1899"
died: "2 July 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T14:34:17.111744+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Vladimir Nabokov

## Identity

Vladimir Nabokov

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vladimir-nabokov
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** vladimir-nabokov
- **IMDb ID:** nm0618603
- **TMDB ID:** 12007
- **Wikidata ID:** Q36591
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36591, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0618603/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12007

Writer. Born 22 April 1899 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. Died 2 July 1977.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 22 April 1899, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
- **Died:** 2 July 1977
- **Also known as:** Набоков Владимир Владимирович
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36591, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0618603/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12007

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Lolita*](https://film.one/film/lolita.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian-born novelist and screenwriter. He wrote the novel *Lolita*, first published in 1955, and the screenplay for its 1962 film adaptation directed by Stanley Kubrick.

Nabokov was born in Saint Petersburg in 1899 and died in Montreux, Switzerland, in 1977. After leaving Russia following the 1917 revolution, he studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, and lived in Germany and France before moving to the United States in 1940. He became a professor of Russian literature at Cornell University and later settled in Switzerland.

His other novels include *Pale Fire* (1962) and *Ada* (1969). Several of his works have been adapted for the screen, including *The Luzhin Defence* (2000) and *Despair* (1978).

*Sources: britannica.com, imdb.com, openculture.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lolita* (1962), Fi1m 73, Screenplay, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/lolita.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Razor* (2015), Short Story
- *Razor* (2014), Short Story
- *Longing for Sandy Bay* (2011), Book
- *The Event* (2009), Novel
- *Russian Lolita* (2007), Novel
- *Набоков, Машенька* (2001), Novel
- *The Luzhin Defence* (2000), Novel
- *A Nursery Tale* (1999), Story
- *An Affair of Honor* (1999), Novel
- *Lolita* (1997), Novel
- *Mademoiselle O* (1994), Book
- *Mashenka* (1991), Author
- *A Night About Love* (1991), Original Story
- *And the Line Doesn't End* (1989), Lyricist
- *Maschenka* (1987), Novel
- *Despair* (1978), Novel
- *Invitation to a Beheading* (1973), Novel
- *King, Queen, Knave* (1972), Writer
- *Bend Sinister* (1970), Novel
- *Laughter in the Dark* (1969), Novel
- *Lolita* (1962), Novel, Screenplay — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/lolita.md)

## Gallery

- ![Vladimir Nabokov](https://film.one/media/person/3908285/gallery-b9ef13b474b1.jpg) Vladimir Nabokov — Walter Mori (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Vladimir_Nabokov_1973.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Vladimir Nabokov (1973)](https://film.one/media/person/3908285/gallery-2aba42d3e1a2.jpg) Vladimir Nabokov (1973) — Walter Mori (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Vladimir_Nabokov_1973b.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Vladimir Nabokov, Montreux, October 1969](https://film.one/media/person/3908285/gallery-6b2ecde42f5e.jpg) Vladimir Nabokov, Montreux, October 1969 — Giuseppe Pino (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Vladimir_Nabokov_1969.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Набоков, Владимир Владимирович (1907)](https://film.one/media/person/3908285/gallery-cd69321d7198.jpg) Набоков, Владимир Владимирович (1907) — Karl Bulla, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Nobokov_Volodya.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1963: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Lolita*

### Other awards — 1 won, 4 nominated

- Nobel Prize in Literature 1966: Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated)
- Nobel Prize in Literature 1965: Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated)
- Nobel Prize in Literature 1964: Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated)
- Nobel Prize in Literature 1963: Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated)
- Guggenheim Fellowship 1943: Guggenheim Fellowship (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/vladimir-nabokov