Lydia davis ten stories from flaubert biography
In the Paris Review, Davis recently published a series of vignettes called “Ten Stories from Flaubert”—anecdotes she discovered in his letters.
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Lydia Davis
American novelist (born 1947)
This article is about the author. For the character on Revenge, see List of Revenge characters § Recurring cast. For the Cook Islands writer, see Lydia Davis (Cook Islands writer).
Lydia Davis (born July 15, 1947) is an American short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages, who often writes very short stories.[1][2][3] Davis has produced several new translations of French literary classics, including Swann's Way by Marcel Proust and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.
Early life and education
Davis was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, on July 15, 1947.[4] She is the daughter of Robert Gorham Davis, a critic and professor of English, and Hope Hale Davis, a short-story writer, teacher, and memoirist.[5] Davis initially "studied music—first piano, then violin—which was her first love."[6] On becoming a writer, Davis has