You know the author. Meet the typist. — Harvard Gazette

You know the author. Meet the typist. — Harvard Gazette

Campus & Community You know the author. Meet the typist. Photos by Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer March 13, 2026 5 min read Exhibit celebrates women who labored behind the scenes of masterworks Vladimir Nabokov never learned to type. Every word of every novel he published — including the classics “Lolita,” “Pale Fire,” and “Pnin” — was typed by his wife, Vera…