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American writer (born 1947)

Person · Open Library

Born
15 Jul 1947
Works
52

Top works

  • Story, and other stories
  • Alfred Ollivant's Bob, son of Battle
  • Electric Literature No 2
  • The end of the story
  • Samuel Johnson is indignant

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1926-05-26
Active to
1991-09-28
bebopclassicalcool jazzfunkhard bopjazz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
47
Total plays
359

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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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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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lydia Davis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.