Synaesthesia and Semantics of Bilingual Writer Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov's synesthesia is analyzed through the prism of the writer's bilingualism and biculturalism. The research is based on the writer`s autobiographic memoirs «Conclusive Evidence/Другие берега» , in which he details and compares his synesthetic experiences caused by English and Russian letters, sounds and words. The study confirms the hypothesis that Vladimir Nabokov's bilingualism and synesthesia are closely interconnected and shape his linguistic and cultural worldview.