Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin, was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Born in Russia, he wrote his first nine novels in Russian while living in Berlin. Wikipedia
Born: April 22, 1899, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: July 2, 1977, Montreux, Switzerland