Lydia Davis

Lydia Davis
Davis in 2017
Davis in 2017
Born (1947-07-15) July 15, 1947 (age 77)
Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationWriter
Alma materBarnard College
Period1976–present
GenreShort story, novel, essay
Spouses
(m. 1974; div. 1977)

Alan Cote
Children2
RelativesRobert 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.

  1. ^ Crum, Maddie (Jun 13, 2014). "Read 15 Amazing Works Of Fiction In Less Than 30 Minutes". Retrieved Oct 21, 2019 – via Huff Post.
  2. ^ Leslie, Nathan. "That 'V' Word.". Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction. Ed. Masih, Tara L. Brookline, MA, USA: Rose Metal Press, 2009, 8-9; 11-14.
  3. ^ LaPointe, Michael (2 April 2014). "The Book Gets Fatter: Lydia Davis's "Can't and Won't"". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved Oct 21, 2019.