Biography of Vladimir Nabokov: Born: April 22, 1899, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire Died: July 2, 1977, in Montreux, Switzerland Biography of Vladimir Nabokov Early Life: Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was born into an aristocratic family. His father, Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, was a liberal politician, and the family fled Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. […]