Lydia Davis

Novelist, Author

1947 –

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Who is Lydia Davis?

Lydia Davis is an American writer noted for her short stories. Davis is also a novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages, and has produced several new translations of French literary classics, including Proust's Swann’s Way and Flaubert's Madame Bovary.

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Born
Jul 15, 1947
Northampton
Also known as
  • Davis, Lydia
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Children
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Bachelor of Arts, Barnard College
    (1965 - 1970)
Lived in
  • Albany

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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