Lydia Davis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lydia Davis

American writer

Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1947

Place of Birth: Northampton, Massachusetts, United States

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

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Lydia Davis (born July 15, 1947) is an American writer noted for literary works of extreme brevity (commonly called "flash fiction").
Davis is also a short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages, and has produced several new translations of French literary classics, including Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.