Siri Hustvedt | |
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 Hustvedt in 2014 | |
| Born | February 19, 1955 Northfield, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | St. Olaf College (BA) Columbia University (PhD) |
| Genre | Novels, poetry, short stories |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Sophie Auster |
| Parents | Lloyd Hustvedt Ester Vegan |
| Website | |
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Siri Hustvedt (born February 19, 1955) is an American novelist and essayist. Hustvedt is the author of a book of poetry, seven novels, two books of essays, and several works of non-fiction. Her books include The Blindfold (1992), The Enchantment of Lily Dahl (1996), What I Loved (2003), for which she is best known, A Plea for Eros (2006), The Sorrows of an American (2008), The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves (2010), The Summer Without Men (2011), Living, Thinking, Looking (2012), The Blazing World (2014), and Memories of the Future (2019). What I Loved and The Summer Without Men were international bestsellers. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages.