Recent News
- Lila's forthcoming novel, Exit Paradise, will be published in 2025 »
- PEN America invited Lila to participate on its panel of judges for the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature »
- Lolita in the Afterlife (Vintage, 2021) features a long-form essay by Lila »
- Lila served on a panel of five judges, chaired by Baroness Lola Young, for the Man Booker Prize »
- Read Lila's interview with The Punch Magazine: "A novel summarises consciousness — Man Booker Prize juror Lila Azam Zanganeh" »
- Lila was featured in a TV presentation for GRANTA en español's gorgeous issue on WATER, in cooperation with the Fundación Aquae »
- The New Yorker: "Has the Great Library of Timbuktu Been Lost?", by Lila Azam Zanganeh »
- Read an interview with Italian writer and publisher Roberto Calasso in The Paris Review »
- Lila's piece, "A Map of Six Impossible Things," has been published in GRANTA's Spanish edition, along with contributions from Haruki Murakami, David Mitchell, and Herta Müller »
- Lila is one of sixteen contributors to the gorgeous new book Where You Are from Visual Editions with her piece "A Map of Six Impossible Things" »
- The Enchanter: An Adventure in the Land of Nabokov is now available in Penguin paperback »
- "Lila Azam Zanganeh and the Contagion of Happiness": An Interview for the Fall 2012 Loggernaut Reading Series »
- Lila has written a fanciful foreword to Julian Green's Paris for Penguin Classics »
- Lila has just published an essay on Nabokov's late son in The New York Times Book Review »
- Lila's piece, "A Map of Six Impossible Things" (Where You Are, Visual Editions), was recently published in LETTRE International »
- Watch Lila in conversation with Salman Rushdie at the 2016 PEN World Voices Festival in New York City »
- The Brazilian edition of Lila's book, O Encantador: Nabokov e A Felicidade, reached #10 on the Brazilian National Bestseller List for nonfiction in July 2014 »
Reviews of The Enchanter: Nabokov and Happiness
- Anleitung zum Glücklichsein
- Michi Strausfeld
- literaturkritik.de
- November 18, 2015
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- Der Monarchfalter
- Felicitas von Lovenberg
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
- October 10, 2015
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- Nabokovs Worte
- Marie Mohrmann
- der Freitag
- September 9, 2015
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- Vladmir Nabokov: o escritor da felicidade
- Zaqueu Fogaça
- Saraiva Conteúdo
- July 16, 2013
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- Da Rússia, Com Amor
- A Origem de Lolita
- Livro de iraniana presta tributo ao escritor Vladimir Nabokov
- Noemi Jaffe
- Folha de S.Paulo
- June 1, 2013
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- El Brillante Juego de la Irreverencia
- Iván Cerdán Bermúdez
- La Carcoma
- May 28, 2013
- Nabokov, un "cazador" de pantalones cortos
- Diego Aristizábal
- El Espectador
- May 5, 2013
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- 'El encantador', el libro de Lila Azam que habla del Nabokov 'feliz'
- Melissa Serrato Ramírez
- El Tiempo
- April 24, 2013
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- El éxtasis de leer a Nabokov
- Luis Fernando Afanador
- Revista Arcadia
- April 11, 2013
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- Un incantevole sogno di felicità. Nabokov, le farfalle e la gioia di vivere.
- Paola Mastrocola
- Club Dante
- March 24, 2013
- Periplo Arduo
- Nabokov rejuvenecido
- Verónica Chiaravalli
- La Nacion
- February 22, 2013
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- Orhan Pamuk'un kankası!
- Gülenay Börekçi
- Habertürk
- January 6, 2013
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- Un parpadeo de felicidad
- Joana Bonet
- La Vanguardia
- December 10, 2012
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- La felicidad llama /y III
- Ariel González Jiménez
- Milenio Hidalgo
- October 13, 2012
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- Somos lo que nos obsesiona: placer, dureza, felicidad
- Luna Miguel
- PlayGround Magazine
- September 19, 2012
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- El encantador. Nabokov y la felicidad
- Marta Rebón
- El País Babelia
- July 21, 2012
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- El encantador. Nabokov y la felicidad
- Casanova el de los libros
- Trabalibros
- July 20, 2012
- Lila Azam, Nabokov y el mundo iraní perdido
- Sergio Vila-Sanjuán
- La Vanguardia
- July 19, 2012
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- Una novela no 'elefante'
- Enrique Vila-Matas
- El País
- July 9, 2012
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- Paperback Reviews of the Week: The Enchanter
- Lesley McDowell
- The Independent
- July 8, 2012
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- Lila Azam Zanganeh: "Escribir 'El encantador' ha sido como bailar un tango con Nabokov"
- Berta Ares
- Revista de Letras
- June 11, 2012
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- « Lolita es más textual que sexual »
- Farfalle di gioia in cerca di Nabokov
- Essai littéraire - Petits bonheurs de Nabokov
- Christian Desmeules
- Le Devoir
- January 14, 2012
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- L'Enchanteur : Nabokov et le bonheur
- Salomé Kiner
- Nabbu
- December 23, 2011
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- Sombres bonheurs
- Michel Schneider
- Le Point
- December 22, 2011
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- Nabokov, écrivain du bonheur
- Pierre Assouline
- La république des livres
- December 22, 2011
- Nabokov Online Journal
- Calum Agnew
- Dalhousie University
- Vol. V, 2011
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- Nabokov et l'art de la joie
- Astrid Gagneur
- MyBoox
- December 12, 2011
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- L'Enchanteur. Nabokov et le bonheur
- Nathalie Crom
- Télérama
- December 10, 2011
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- Le choix Payot par Joëlle Brack
- Joëlle Brack
- Edelweiss
- December 8, 2011
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- Notre coup de cœur: L'enchanteur, Nabokov et le bonheur de Lila Azam Zanganeh
- Fabrice Gaignault
- Marie Claire
- December 1, 2011
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- Quand Lila lit Lolita
- Olivia de Lamberterie
- Magazine ELLE
- November 18, 2011
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- La madre di tutte le Lolite e lo strano imbroglio di Vladimir Nabokov
- Larà Crinò
- Il Venerdì
- November 18, 2011
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- Lila, Vladimir, et le bonheur
- Sabine Audrerie
- La Croix
- November 16, 2011
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- Dans l’enchantement de Nabokov
- Ariane Singer
- Toute la Culture
- November 16, 2011
- Lila lit Lolita
- Frédéric Beigbeder
- Le Figaro Magazine
- November 12, 2011
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- Lila ou L'Ardeur
- Ysaline Parisis
- Le Vif
- November 11, 2011
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- L'hôte du château d'Ardis
- Eric Chevillard
- Le Monde
- November 3, 2011
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- Vladimir et Lila
- Olivier Mony
- Livres-Hebdo
- October 28, 2011
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- Felici ossessioni
- Marta Cervino
- Marie Claire
- October 10, 2011
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- Attenti a Quel Libro
- Tiziano Gianotti
- La Repubblica
- September 24, 2011
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- Un incantevole sogno di felicità
- Piero Sorrentino
- Nazione Indiana
- September 21, 2011
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- L'iraniana che diventò Ada
- Alessandra Iadicicco
- La Stampa
- September 17, 2011
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- REVIEW - The Enchanter: Nabokov and Happiness
- Bracha Goykadosh
- The Outlet
- August 16, 2011
- A fine enchantment
- David Robinson
- The Scotsman
- August 15, 2011
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- Lila Azam Zanganeh's book of love for Vladimir Nabokov
- Anaïs Digonnet
- France-Amérique
- July 21, 2011
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- In Nabokovs wereld is niets verboden
- Arie Storm
- Het Parool
- July 14, 2011
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- A Literal Take on the "Beach Read"
- Ron Rosenbaum
- Slate
- July 13, 2011
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- 'The Enchanter:' why Nabokov matters
- David Takami
- The Seattle Times
- July 2, 2011
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- Briefly Noted: The Enchanter
- Nicholas Lemann
- The New Yorker
- June 27, 2011
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- Aangerakt door de tovenaar Nabokov
- Hans Bouman
- de Volkskrant
- June 25, 2011
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- The magician's doubts: The irritating genius of Vladimir Nabokov
- Leo Robson
- New Statesman
- June 20, 2011
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- Is het allemaal geluk in Nabokovs fonkelende woorden?
- Carel Peeters
- De Republiek
- June 17, 2011
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- Creativity is the New Happiness
- Marco Kamphuis
- NRC Handelsblad
- June 16, 2011
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- The Enchanter: Nabokov & Happiness by Lila Azam Zanganeh
- Jane Bradley
- For Books' Sake
- June 9, 2011
- Ada Ardour
- Ángel Gurría-Quintana
- Financial Times
- June 3, 2011
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- Kindred spirit weaves an enchanting homage
- Stuart Kelly
- The Scotsman
- May 31, 2011
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- To a Russian Giant, With Love
- William Skidelsky
- The Guardian
- May 26, 2011
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- Reading 'Lolita.' Forgetting Tehran.
- Stephen Heyman
- The New York Times
- May 24, 2011
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- The Enchanter: Nabokov & Happiness in Library Journal
- Morris Hounion
- CUNY
- May 15, 2011
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- The Exquisite Pleasures of Being Nabokov
- Carmela Ciuraru
- The Boston Globe
- May 2, 2011
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- Discoveries: The Enchanter by Lila Azam Zanganeh
- Susan Salter Reynolds
- Los Angeles Times
- April 24, 2011
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- Books: Obsessed Readers
- Megan O'Grady
- Vogue
- April 13, 2011
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