This author created the Italian Turati, against whom an elaborate chess str
This author created the Italian Turati, against whom an elaborate chess strategy is planned by Luzhin, in The Defense. One novel by this author is constructed as a commentary by Charles Kinbote, and another of his unreliable narrators contemplates killing his wife Charlotte. The King of Zembla is a nonexistent position in his novel about John Shade's 999-line title poem, Pale Fire. Clare Quilty dies in this man's novel about Humbert Humbert, who describes his relationship with Dolores Haze, a "nymphet". For 10 points, name this Russian-born author of Lolita.
This author created the Italian Turati, against whom an elaborate chess strategy is planned by Luzhin, in The Defense.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov [accept V. Sirin]