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179:(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
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230:, with whom she had a son named Daniel (1977–2022). Auster and Davis later divorced; Davis is now married to the artist Alan Cote, with whom she has another son, Theo Cote. She is a professor of creative writing at the
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939:. Translators Paul Auster and Lydia Davis. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
1998:"How to skewer life's absurdities while thumbing your nose at Amazon"
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1199:. New York Review Children's Collection. Translated by Lydia Davis.
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Marcel Proust (2004). Lydia Davis; Christopher
Prendergast (eds.).
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Chesneaux, Françoise Le Barbier, Marie-Claire Bergère (1977).
1886:. American Academy of Arts and Letters. 2013-03-13. Archived from
1484:"Lydia Davis is Lillian Vernon Distinguished Writer-in-Residence"
1427:"The Life and Death of Daniel Auster, a Son of Literary Brooklyn"
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Knight, Christopher J. (1999). "An
Interview with Lydia Davis".
234:, and was a Lillian Vernon Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at
1965:"Life Is Boring. Lydia Davis's New Book Makes That Fascinating"
1116:. Translator Lydia Davis. The Johns Hopkins University Press.
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E. Annie Proulx, Katrina
Kenison, ed. (1997). "St. Martin".
1719:"Lydia Davis wins the Man Booker International Prize 2013"
1248:"Read 15 Amazing Works Of Fiction In Less Than 30 Minutes"
911:. Translators Paul Auster and Lydia Davis. Pantheon Books.
448:"A Mown Lawn," a short-short-story that first appeared in
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1316:"Internationales literaturfestival Berlin – Lydia Davis"
2055:"Long story short : Lydia Davis's radical fiction"
1698:"Man Booker International Prize 2013: Lydia Davis wins"
1282:"The Book Gets Fatter: Lydia Davis's "Can't and Won't""
1161:. Translated by Lydia Davis. New York Review of Books.
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Robert Hass; David Lehman, eds. (2001). "A Mown Lawn".
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of the most original minds in American fiction today."
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This article is about the author. For the character on
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1934:"The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis By Lydia Davis"
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1797:"Why You Can't Buy Lydia Davis's New Book on Amazon"
1744:"Man Booker International prize goes to Lydia Davis"
1008:. Translator Lydia Davis. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
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Samuel Johnson Is Indignant – TMO Meets Lydia Davis
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French Photography, from Its Origins to the Present
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471:"Men," a short-short story that first appeared in
332:Columbia Companion to the 21st Century Short Story
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1197:Bob, Son of Battle: The Last Gray Dog of Kenmuir
1050:. Translator Lydia Davis. Farrar Straus Giroux.
963:Maurice Blanchot (1981). P. Adams Sitney (ed.).
373:. Davis was announced as the winner of the 2013
25:List of Revenge characters § Recurring cast
1721:. Man Brooker Prize. 2013-05-22. Archived from
1575:. Columbia University Press. pp. 219–223.
465:2007 National Book Award Fiction finalist, for
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1537:"LYDIA DAVIS: Storytelling, a Strange Impulse"
1404:"Lydia Davis: Storytelling, a Strange Impulse"
1381:"Lydia Davis: Storytelling, a Strange Impulse"
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1031:. Translator Lydia Davis. Holmes & Meier.
967:. Translator Lydia Davis. Station Hill Press.
965:The Gaze of Orpheus, and Other Literary Essays
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2091:"Fear" and four other stories, Conjunctions,
1911:. The PEN/Faulkner Foundation. Archived from
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1088:Hecate: The Adventure of Catherine Crachat: I
986:. Translator Paul Auster. North Point Press.
806:The Pushcart prize: best of the small presses
1176:Gustave Flaubert (2010). Lydia Davis (ed.).
1135:. Translated by Lydia Davis. Penguin Books.
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908:China from the 1911 Revolution to Liberation
660:. Center for Writers and Translators. 2007.
642:. Farrar Straus & Giroux. May 15, 2007.
493:Award for Distinguished Literary Achievement
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2061:. Vol. 90, no. 4. pp. 24–30.
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1180:. Translated by Lydia Davis. Viking Adult.
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875:Charles Wright; David Lehman, eds. (2008).
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1071:. Translator Lydia Davis. Marlboro Press.
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516:The Thirteenth Woman and Other Stories
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248:The Thirteenth Woman and Other Stories
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2079:"Lydia Davis, Art of Fiction No. 227"
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676:The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
658:Proust, Blanchot, and a Woman in Red
602:. Farrar Straus & Giroux. 1997.
583:. Farrar Straus & Giroux. 1994.
563:. Farrar Straus & Giroux. 1986.
484:American Academy of Arts and Letters
422:The Best American Short Stories 1997
268:The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
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2239:"A Conversation with Lydia Davis",
2021:McAlpin, Heller (October 3, 2023).
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763:. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2021.
745:. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2019.
727:. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2014.
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2584:University at Albany, SUNY faculty
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1506:"Collected Stories of Lydia Davis"
1280:LaPointe, Michael (2 April 2014).
1016:The Spirit of Mediterranean Places
361:. She was elected a fellow of the
357:In October 2003, Davis received a
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467:Varieties of Disturbance: Stories
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1996:Athitakis, Mark (2023-10-04).
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2187:interview with Francine Prose
2115:"Samuel Johnson Is Indignant"
1246:Crum, Maddie (Jun 13, 2014).
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881:The Best American Poetry 2008
849:The Best American Poetry 2001
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2604:Novelists from Massachusetts
2594:Translators of Marcel Proust
2207:"Q&A with Lydia Davis",
2174:interview with Sarah Manguso
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1618:"Interview with LYDIA DAVIS"
1461:Sherwin, Adam (2013-05-23).
1425:Vadukul, Alex (2022-07-27).
803:Bill Henderson, ed. (1989).
525:. Station Hill Press. 1981.
160:Robert Gorham Davis (father)
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2490:At Night All Blood Is Black
1963:Leu, Chelsea (2023-10-04).
1664:"&Now Program Schedule"
1286:Los Angeles Review of Books
781:. Bookshop Editions. 2023.
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2364:International Booker Prize
2231:"Structure Is Structure",
2131:"Varieties of Disturbance"
1824:Clark, Alex (2023-09-30).
1795:Meyer, Lily (2023-09-28).
1086:Pierre Jean Jouve (1997).
1065:Pierre Jean Jouve (1996).
428:1997 Guggenheim Fellowship
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232:University at Albany, SUNY
209:Northampton, Massachusetts
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1857:Johnston, Bret Anthony.
1048:Tocqueville: A Biography
725:Can't and Won't: Stories
639:Varieties of Disturbance
477:The Best American Poetry
454:The Best American Poetry
443:The Best American Poetry
371:University of Notre Dame
351:The Best American Poetry
256:Varieties of Disturbance
203:Early life and education
2323:Encyclopedia Britannica
2247:Audio-files @ PENNsound
2109:. KCRW. September 1998.
1343:Contemporary Literature
1214:Snijders, A.L. (2016).
541:Story and Other Stories
317:Reception and influence
226:In 1974, Davis married
2609:Barnard College alumni
1257:– via Huff Post.
883:. Simon and Schuster.
779:Our Strangers: Stories
486:' Award of Merit Medal
2262:/ Germany ) in 2001
2162:"Negative Emotions."
1486:. New York University
1046:André Jardin (1988).
899:Selected translations
713:. Hatje Cantz. 2012.
622:. McSweeney's. 2001.
543:. The Figures. 1983.
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2318:Penguin Random House
2313:MacMillan Publishers
2288:MacArthur Foundation
2057:. Life and Letters.
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954:Claude Nori (1979).
830:. Houghton Mifflin.
580:The End of the Story
359:MacArthur Fellowship
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1028:Marie Curie: A Life
518:, Living Hand, 1976
491:Philolexian Society
236:New York University
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2125:. KCRW. July 2002.
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1006:A Weed for Burning
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2147:"Can't and Won't"
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1216:Grasses and Trees
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