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Poems and Problems (ISBN 0-07-045724-7) is an unusual book by Vladimir Nabokov published in 1969. It consists of:

39 poems originally written in Russian and translated by Nabokov
14 poems written in English
18 chess problems

Quote

"Chess problems demand from the composer the same virtues that characterize all worthwhile art: originality, invention, conciseness, harmony, complexity, and splendid insincerity."

External link

"Nabokov Under Glass" (New York Public Library)

Vladimir Nabokov (works)

Novels

Russian	Mary King, Queen, Knave The Defense The Eye Glory Laughter in the Dark Despair Invitation to a Beheading The Gift The Enchanter
English	The Real Life of Sebastian Knight Bend Sinister Lolita Pnin Pale Fire Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle Transparent Things Look at the Harlequins! The Original of Laura

Short stories

Russian	"The Wood-Sprite" "Sounds" "A Matter of Chance" "Details of a Sunset" "Bachmann" "The Return of Chorb" "A Guide to Berlin" "A Nursery Tale" "Razor" "The Passenger" "The Potato Elf" "The Aurelian" "Terra Incognita" "Lips to Lips" "Orache" "Music" "The Leonardo" "Spring in Fialta" "Tyrants Destroyed"
French	"Mademoiselle O"
English	"Signs and Symbols" "That in Aleppo Once..." "The Vane Sisters"
Collections	Nine Stories Spring in Fialta and other stories Speak, Memory Nabokov's Dozen Nabokov's Quartet Nabokov's Congeries "Cloud, Castle, Lake" A Russian Beauty and Other Stories Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories Details of a Sunset and Other Stories The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov

Plays

Non-fiction

Speak, Memory
Notes on Prosody

Miscellanea

Related

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