The Resume

(April 23, 1899-July 22, 1977)
Wrote 'Lolita,' 'Pnin,' 'Pale Fire,' 'Transparent Things' and 'Defence'

Why he might be annoying:

He was born to a rich Russian politician and his socialite wife.
Once he entered school, he was known to be a snob. Classmates only accepted him for his soccer abilities.
'Lolita' was first published in France in 1955. Other countries refused to publish such a controversial book, and America didn't publish it until 1958, Australia in 1959.

Why he might not be annoying:

His novel brought two new phrases and cultural references into the world.
He collected and studied butterflies.
Nabokov was a lifelong insomniac and wrote all his works in the night.

Credit: Nora

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 7232)
• BBC Big Read: The UK's Top 200 Novels [2003] (Ranked: 178)
• Cracked.com's 5 Greatest Books with Psychotic Fanbases (Ranked: 1)
• Guggenheim Fellowship Grant Recipients
• I Died in 1977 (Ranked: 78)
• I Have Insomnia
• I Have Psoriasis
• I Have Skin Cancer [Melanoma]
• I Have Synesthesia
• I Publicly Trashed My Book’s Movie
• Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century [1999] (Ranked: 27)
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Monocle or Specs
• Modern Library's 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the 20th Century (Ranked: 8)
• Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century [1998] (Ranked: 4)
• Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century [1998] (Ranked: 53)
• NPR's 100 Best Literary Characters of the 20th Century [Authors - 2002] (Ranked: 3)
• NPR's 100 Best Literary Characters of the 20th Century [Authors - 2002] (Ranked: 14)
• NPR's 100 Best Literary Characters of the 20th Century [Authors - 2002] (Ranked: 70)
• Playboy Interview Subjects [1960s] (Ranked: 1964)
• Playboy's 55 Most Important People in Sex [2008] (Ranked: 22)
• Profiles 8001-8250 (Ranked: 8025)
• Satirists and Wits
• Stanley Kubrick Films
• Stanley Kubrick Turned My Novel into a Movie
• Supersized Egos
• Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels [Authors]
• UK Guardian's Peter Washington's Top 10 Ghost Stories [2008] (Ranked: 9)
• World Literature Today Top 40 [2001] (Ranked: 1962)
• Writers Featured in the Barnes & Noble Authors Mural

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 54 Votes: 38.89% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 25 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 36 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 47 Votes: 55.32% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 86 Votes: 51.16% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 98 Votes: 48.98% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 227 Votes: 45.37% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 282 Votes: 51.06% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 356 Votes: 44.66% Annoying