Man Booker Prize Awarded

Writer Lydia Davis has been awarded the 2013 Man Booker Prize.  Davis is most famous for her very brief short stories and has released works such as 2011’s The Cows and the 2009 publication The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis.  In addition to her fiction writing, Davis is also well known for her translating. Her English translations of classic works of French literature include Proust’s Swann’s Way and Madame Bovary.  The author’s newest short story collection, Can’t and Won’t, is scheduled for a 2014 release.

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