Russian and later American author... Last name's pronounced NaBOKov. First name is pronounced VlaDEEmir. Can someone confirm if he introduced himself to people by saying "My names Vladimir--rhymes with Redeemer"?
Everyone knows he wrote Lolita (ISBN: 0679723161 ).
See http://bookshelved.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BendSinister
He's a famous user of the humble IndexCard.