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Lydia Davis

American writer · United States · Writers · Born 1947 · age 79

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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.

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2013International Booker PrizeAward2003MacArthur Fellows ProgramAward1997Guggenheim FellowshipAward1947Born15 July 1947

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International Booker Prize2013
MacArthur Fellows Program2003
Guggenheim Fellowship1997
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Born 1947 · age 79

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