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Lydia Davisová

born 1947

About this person

Wikipedia Summary

Lydia Davis 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.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
July 15, 1947
Northampton
Citizenship

United States

Occupations & fields
linguisttranslatorwriteruniversity teachernovelist
Awards & honours
International Booker PrizeGuggenheim FellowshipMacArthur Fellows ProgramChevalier des Arts et des LettresFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Field and occupation
americká spisovatelka a překladatelka
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