I agree with Dairving's viewpoint. It's Dmitri's sad burden and he should be respected for his decision. I'm strictly a beginner in Nabokoviana--so intimidated, I can't even decide what biography to read and I greatly respect the goals of scholarship. In addition, this writer also considers himself unfit to carry both VN's pencil box and butterfly net.

But it's a both moral and emotional decision. VN presented many great gifts to the world and Dmitri, as the one who assisted him in translating his early work into English, was clearly a true son and compatriot. True, all writers' works, even VN's, eventually belong to the world. But, in this case, Dmitri has first ownership (if it was any other scholar, we'd all holler "Put that match down! NOW!")

The dead are quite busy--or should be, we like to think, especially VN. Dmitri should make the decision that gives him peace. Whatever it is, I'll think about him the next time I mistake a butterfly for blue sky.

PS: BTW "Uninterested." I wish to kindly point out that the correct subject should be "Disinterested" as in the second definition in Webster's 11th: "Free from selfish motive or interest: UNBIASED." If it were the first definition, which I'm sure you did not intend, the very existence of this dispute might have fluttered right by you, unseen (can anyone sense certain eyeballs rolling in the Beyond?)