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    Vladimir Nabokov went by the pseudonym 'Sirin', he also invented another pseudonym based on a previous Russian author. What was his other pseudonym?

    Question #93663. Asked by tragic_flawed. (Mar 19 08 12:48 AM)


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    		Cantab (?)

    Nabokov's first poem published in Rul' was printed on November 27, 1920 under the pseudonym "Cantab." Nabokov used several pseudonyms on various occasions during his European emigre period, although it was with the name "Sirin" that Nabokov established himself as a major emigre writer.

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    Mar 19 08, 3:36 AM

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