
MacArthur Fellows Program
Lydia Davis
Writer and Translator | Class of 2003
Crafting witty, experimental prose that celebrates the complexity of life’s most ordinary moments and the nuances of plain, precise language.
Select News Coverage of Lydia Davis
October 1, 2015
"10 Ingenious Books By Certifiable Geniuses"
The Huffington Post
Sandra Cisneros , 1995 MacArthur Fellow
Lydia Davis , 2003 MacArthur Fellow
Jonathan Lethem , 2005 MacArthur Fellow
George Saunders , 2006 MacArthur Fellow
Chimamanda Adichie, 2008 MacArthur Fellow
Junot Díaz, 2012 MacArthur Fellow
Karen Russell, 2013 MacArthur Fellow
Alison Bechdel, 2014 MacArthur Fellow
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ben Lerner, 2015 MacArthur Fellows
Sandra Cisneros , 1995 MacArthur Fellow
Lydia Davis , 2003 MacArthur Fellow
Jonathan Lethem , 2005 MacArthur Fellow
George Saunders , 2006 MacArthur Fellow
Chimamanda Adichie, 2008 MacArthur Fellow
Junot Díaz, 2012 MacArthur Fellow
Karen Russell, 2013 MacArthur Fellow
Alison Bechdel, 2014 MacArthur Fellow
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ben Lerner, 2015 MacArthur Fellows
March 19, 2015
"Live at BAM: Author Lydia Davis on Humor, Writing Process"
October 17, 2014
"A Fiction Excerpt: 'Traveling From Brooklyn'"
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