TL to Michel Mohrt from Vladimir Nabokov, January 19, 1965 ., January 19, 1965
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 46
Scope and Contents
Written from the Palace Hôtel, Montreux, in English, expressing on the whole delight with the Girard/Coindreau translation of Pale Fire, which he says is "certainly the finest I have ever been given." Notes some "incredible blunders", and insists that his corrections be taken into account, rather than dismissed as the examples of VN's "special brand of French", or at least that he be given the last word in which rendering will appear in the final version. "I have sufficient French to know more exactly than [C.] when his French does not correspond to my English."
Dates
- January 19, 1965
Creator
- From the Collection: Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. (Person)
- From the Collection: Girodias, Maurice. (Person)
- From the Collection: Schébéko, Marie. (Person)
- From the Collection: Doussia, Ergaz. (Person)
- From the Collection: Nabokova, Vera. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
2.5 cubic feet. (2.5 cubic feet.)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu