Zembla (character)
Zembla may refer to: *Zembla (comics), a French comics character created in 1963 * ''Zembla'' (magazine), a British literary magazine published from 2003 to 2005 * ''Zembla'' (TV series), a Dutch documentary television series *Novaya Zemlya, or Nova Zembla, an island in Russia *Zembla, a fictional kingdom appearing in Vladimir Nabokov's 1962 novel ''Pale Fire'' *ZEMBLA is one of five tracks written by Philippe Saisse Philippe Saisse is a French jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer, and arranger. Career He was born in Marseille and raised in Paris. After studying at the Conservatoire de Paris he won a scholarship to the Berklee College of Mus ...

Zembla (magazine)
''Zembla'' was a literary and arts magazine published in London for eight issues between 2003 and 2005. Background The editor was Dan Crowe, publisher Simon Finch and the designer was Vince Frost. The magazine's title came from Vladimir Nabokov's novel '' Pale Fire'', in which the narrator Charles Kinbote styles himself the last king of Zembla, a fictional northern country. One of the notable features was The Dead Interview, in which a modern writer offered an imaginary conversation with a deceased cultural figure. Subjects included Marcel Duchamp ('interviewed' by Michel Faber), Jimi Hendrix ( Rick Moody), Harry Houdini ( Mark Leyner), Henry James ( Cynthia Ozick), Samuel Johnson ( David Mitchell), Friedrich Nietzsche ( Geoff Dyer) and Robert Louis Stevenson (Louise Welsh). Several of these were compiled into a book, published by Granta in 2013. Several of the contributors were associated with the New Puritans movement, including Nicholas Blincoe, Daren King, Toby ...
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Zembla (TV Series)
''Zembla'' is a Dutch television documentary programme produced by BNNVARA (previously VARA, and until 2010, also NPS). The documentaries are based on in-depth research. The program often deals with controversial topics. A documentary in 2001 about fraud in the Dutch construction sector led to parliamentary inquiries. In May 2006, the programme exposed the fact that politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali had lied in her claim for asylum, which led to her resignation from parliament. In May 2017, ''Zembla'' aired a two-part documentary investigating ties between Donald Trump and the Russian mafia, entitled ''The Dubious Friends of Donald Trump'' (''De omstreden vrienden van Trump''). An English-language version of the documentary with additional reference materials in English was also put online. There is now a third part to the series. In May 2019 ''Zembla'' published a report, ''Victim of the WWF'', criticising policies condoned by the World Wildlife Fund and their infringements of the hum ...
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Novaya Zemlya
Novaya Zemlya (, also , ; rus, Но́вая Земля́, p=ˈnovəjə zʲɪmˈlʲa, ) is an archipelago in northern Russia. It is situated in the Arctic Ocean, in the extreme northeast of Europe, with Cape Flissingsky, on the northern island, considered the easternmost point of Europe. To Novaya Zemlya's west lies the Barents Sea and to the east is the Kara Sea. Novaya Zemlya consists of two main islands, the northern Severny Island and the southern Yuzhny Island, which are separated by the Matochkin Strait. Administratively, it is incorporated as Novaya Zemlya District, one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ Municipally, it is incorporated as Novaya Zemlya Urban Okrug.Law #258-vneoch.-OZ The population of Novaya Zemlya as of the 2010 Census was about 2,429, of whom 1,972 resided in Belushya Guba, an urban settlement that is the administrative center of Novaya Zemlya District. The indigenous population (from 1872 to the 1950s when it was re ...
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Pale Fire
''Pale Fire'' is a 1962 novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is presented as a 999-line poem titled "Pale Fire", written by the fictional poet John Shade, with a foreword, lengthy commentary and index written by Shade's neighbor and academic colleague, Charles Kinbote. Together these elements form a narrative in which both fictional authors are central characters. Nabokov wrote ''Pale Fire'' in 1960–61, after the success of ''Lolita'' had made him financially independent, allowing him to retire from teaching and return to Europe. It was commenced in Nice and completed in Montreux, Switzerland. ''Pale Fire'' has spawned a wide variety of interpretations and a large body of written criticism, which Finnish literary scholar estimated in 1995 as more than 80 studies. The Nabokov authority Brian Boyd has called it "Nabokov's most perfect novel", and the critic Harold Bloom called it "the surest demonstration of his own genius ... that remarkable tour de force". It was rank ...
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