Lydia Davis

1947 -

country of citizenship: United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: French, English

educated at: Barnard College, The Putney School

occupation: linguist, translator, writer, university teacher, novelist

award received: International Booker Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, MacArthur Fellows Program, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

influenced by: Vladimir Nabokov

Lydia Davis (born July 15, 1947) is an American short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages, who often writes short (one or two pages long) 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)