Facts:   - website: -lsb- http://www.sirihustvedt.net www.sirihustvedt.net -rsb-    - residence: brooklyn , new york    - years active: since 1983    - known for: novels , poetry , short stories    - spouse: paul auster    - ethnicity: norwegian    - occupation: writer    - parents: lloyd hustvedt and ester vegan    - education: b.a. in history , ph.d. in english      - children: sophie auster    - birth date: 19 february 1955    - name: siri hustvedt    - image size: 150px    - nationality: american    - image: siri_hustvedt 1.jpg    - birth place: northfield , minnesota    - alma mater: st. olaf college and columbia university   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of siri hustvedt .
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siri hustvedt -lrb- born february 19 , 1955 -rrb- is an american novelist and essayist .hustvedt is the author of a book of poetry , six novels , two books of essays , and several works of non-fiction .her books include : `` the blindfold '' -lrb- 1992 -rrb- , `` the enchantment of lily dahl '' -lrb- 1996 -rrb- , `` what i loved '' -lrb- 2003 -rrb- , for which she is best known , `` a plea for eros '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- , `` the sorrows of an american '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- , `` the shaking woman or a history of my nerves '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- , `` the summer without men '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- , `` living , thinking , looking '' -lrb- 2012 -rrb- , and `` the blazing world '' -lrb- 2014 -rrb- .`` what i loved '' and `` the summer without men '' were international bestsellers .her work has been translated into over thirty languages .