Lydia Davis
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Lydia Davis is an American writer renowned for her extremely short, experimental short stories and her acclaimed translations of French literature.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essayist
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human ⓘ short story writer ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Lannan Literary Award for Fiction
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MacArthur Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ Man Booker International Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Whiting Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1947-07-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Barnard College
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Reed College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University at Albany, SUNY NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
contemporary literature
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literary translation ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental literature
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flash fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| hasChild | Daniel Auster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
experimental prose style
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extremely short short stories ⓘ translations of French literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableAuthorTranslated |
Gustave Flaubert
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Marcel Proust NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurice Blanchot NERFINISHED ⓘ Michel Leiris NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierre Jean Jouve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Almost No Memory
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Break It Down NERFINISHED ⓘ Can’t and Won’t NERFINISHED ⓘ Essays One NERFINISHED ⓘ Essays Two NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Johnson Is Indignant ⓘ The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Varieties of Disturbance NERFINISHED ⓘ translation of Madame Bovary ⓘ translation of Swann’s Way ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor
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translator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Northampton, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | New York (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Alan Cote
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Paul Auster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedFrom | French ⓘ |
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