Lydia Davis

Lydia Davis (1947.-) je američka spistaeljica i prevoditeljica s francuskog. Od 1974. do 1978. bila je oženjena za Paula Austera, s kojim ima sina Daniela Austera Arhivirano 2010-04-13 na Wayback Machine-u. Davis je danas udana za slikara Alana Cotea, s kojim ima sina Thea Cotea. Trenutno predaje kreativno pisanje na univerzitetu Albanyja (SUNY).

Poznata je pod šest zbirki priča, koje karakterizira kratkoća i humor, a koje su po svom stilu i žanrovskom određenju često zahvaćaju prostor između poezije, kratke proze i filozofije.

• The Thirteenth Woman and Other Stories (1976)
• Sketches for a Life of Wassilly (1981)
• Story and Other Stories (1983)
• Break It Down (1986)
• The End of the Story (roman) (1995)
• Almost No Memory (1997)
• Samuel Johnson is Indignant (2002)
• Varieties of Disturbance (2007)

• Essays, Stories, Interviews and readings Arhivirano 2008-05-09 na Wayback Machine-u
• Samuel Johnson is indignant - TMO meets Lydia Davis
• Interview @ BOMB Arhivirano 2007-09-27 na Wayback Machine-u
• Audio-files @ PENNsound listen to Lydia Davis read from her work
• Author Page at Internationales Literatufestival Berlin Davis was a Guest of the ILB ( Internationales Literatufestival Berlin / Germany ) in 2001