Lydia Davis
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1947-07-15 ) July 15, 1947 (age 78) , Northampton, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Occupation
- Writer
- Alma mater
- Barnard College
- Period
- 1976–present
- Genre
- Short story, novel, essay
- Spouses
- Paul Auster ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1974 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1977 ) , Alan Cote
- Relatives
- Robert Gorham Davis (father), Hope Hale Davis (mother), Claudia Cockburn (half-sister)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lydia
- Family name
- Davis
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Northampton
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- translation
- Image
- Lydia Davis at Kelly Writers House (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1947-07-15
- influenced by
- Vladimir Nabokov
- writing language
- English language
- catalog code
- 407
- name in native language
- Lydia Davis
- Commons category
- Lydia Davis
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Encyclopedic overview
Lydia Davis (born July 15, 1947) is an American short story writer, novelist, essayist, poet, and translator from French and other languages, who often writes very short stories. Davis has produced several new translations of French literary classics, including Swann's Way by Marcel Proust and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.
Early life and education
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