Lydia Davis

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Lydia Davis is an American writer renowned for her extremely short, experimental short stories and her acclaimed translations of French literature.

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Lydia Davis canonical 5

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instanceOf essayist
human
short story writer
translator
awardReceived Lannan Literary Award for Fiction
MacArthur Fellowship
Man Booker International Prize
Whiting Award
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1947-07-15
educatedAt Barnard College
Reed College
employer University at Albany, SUNY
fieldOfWork contemporary literature
literary translation
genre experimental literature
flash fiction
literary fiction
short story
hasChild Daniel Auster
knownFor experimental prose style
extremely short short stories
translations of French literature
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableAuthorTranslated Gustave Flaubert
Marcel Proust
Maurice Blanchot
Michel Leiris
Pierre Jean Jouve
notableWork Almost No Memory
Break It Down
Can’t and Won’t
Essays One
Essays Two
Samuel Johnson Is Indignant
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
Varieties of Disturbance
translation of Madame Bovary
translation of Swann’s Way
occupation professor
translator
writer
placeOfBirth Northampton, Massachusetts
residence New York (state)
linked to: New York State
sexOrGender female
spouse Alan Cote
Paul Auster
translatedFrom French

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Paul Auster spouse Lydia Davis
Sophie Auster mother Lydia Davis
Ben Marcus influencedBy Lydia Davis
Amanda Clarke enemy Lydia Davis
subject linked to: Amanda Clarke in Revenge