Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis | |
|---|---|
 Davis in 2017 | |
| Born | July 15, 1947 |
| Education | Barnard College |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Spouses |
Alan Cote |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Robert Gorham Davis (father) Hope Hale Davis (mother) Claudia Cockburn (half-sister) |
| Writing career | |
| Period | 1976–present |
| Genres | Short story, novel, essay |
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.