I am a shuttle cruising over the Atlantic

Chen Hunan

The article reveals the significance of V. Nabokov's creativity, his contribution to world literature. The author of the article introduces the period of emigration to America and the problems associated with adaptation in a different socio-cultural national space. In addition, the author explores the experience of bilingual news, as a result of which the writer manages to create his own unique creative style. The social and personal factors that contributed to V. Nabokov's promotion to the creative Olympus of America are analyzed. The article touches upon the issue of the formation of new discourses on the subject of cross-national culture and literature in the modern geopolitical situation.

Keywords:V.V. Nabokov's English-language prose, bilingualism, dialogue of cultures, personal identification, intercontinental cultural contacts, translations, teaching, editorial and publishing activities, Russian emigration, transatlantic ties.