Lydia Davis | |
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Born | Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S. | July 15, 1947
Occupation | Writer |
Alma mater | Barnard College |
Period | 1976–present |
Genre | Short story, novel, essay |
Spouses |
Alan Cote |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Robert Gorham Davis (father) Hope Hale Davis (mother) Claudia Cockburn (half-sister) |
Lydia Davis (born July 15, 1947) is an American short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages, who often writes very short stories.[1][2][3] Davis has produced several new translations of French literary classics, including Swann's Way by Marcel Proust and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.