Charles Nicol

Charles Nicol (1940 – July 26, 2020) ^[1] is known primarily as an expert on the life and works of author Vladimir Nabokov,^[2] and also wrote widely on fiction (particularly science fiction and detective fiction) and popular culture. He was a professor in the Department of English at Indiana State University.

Academic and publishing history

Nicol published on Nabokov since 1967.^[3] In 1970 he completed a PhD at Bowling Green State University with a dissertation on Vladimir Nabokov.^[4] He was elected president of the International Vladimir Nabokov Society twice (including as its first president).^[3] In 1984 he became a Fulbright senior lecturer.^[5]

He wrote for The American Spectator, The Atlantic,^[6] The Baltimore Sun,^[7] Bookletter,^[8] The Chicago Tribune,^[9] Harper's Magazine,^[10] The Kansas City Star, The National Review, The New York Times,^[11] The Saturday Review, Science Fiction Studies,^[12] and The Washington Post.

Major works

• J.E. Rivers and Charles Nicol, Nabokov's Fifth Arc: Nabokov and Others on His Life's Work (1982)
• Charles Nicol and Gennady Barabtarlo, A small alpine form: studies in Nabokov's short fiction (1993)