Russian-American writer, d. 1977 (7)

I believe the answer is:

nabokov

(Other definitions for nabokov that I've seen before include "Author of ''Lolita'' in book van" , "'Russian-American author, famously of Lolita (7)'" , "Lolita writer" , "Russian author" , "Vladimir --, author" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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