Dave Eggers
1970 – present · b. Boston
United States
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Biography
Dave Eggers is an American writer, editor, and publisher. His 2000 memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, became a bestseller and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Eggers is also the founder of several literary and philanthropic ventures, including the literary journal Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, the literacy project 826 Valencia, and the human rights non-profit organisation Voice of Witness. Additionally, he founded ScholarMatch, a program that connects donors with students needing funds for college tuition. His writing has appeared in publications including The New Yorker, Esquire, and The New York Times Magazine.
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- Newbery Medal (2024)No list
- Carl Sandburg Literary Award (2017)No list
- Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community (2009)No list
- Prix Médicis étranger (2009)No list
- American Book Awards (2009)No list
- TED Prize (2008)No list
- Heinz Award (2007)No list
Spouse
- Vendela Vida
Education
- Lake Forest High School
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
- UIUC College of Media
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The Best American Travel Writing 2000
2000
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
2001
What is the What
2006
Zeitoun
2009
The Circle
2014
Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?
2016
2016 Nowhere Print Annual
A Hologram For The King
Abner & Ian Get Right-Side Up
An innocent abroad
Animals on the Moon
Animals on the Moon
Away we go
Before the Pirates
Before the Pirates
Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011
Best New Writing on Arrival
Best New Writing on Arrival
Best of McSweeney's
Best of McSweeney's
Better Than Fiction 2
Beyond the Possible
Courage
Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans
Denizler Altinda Yirmi Bin Fersah
Die Parade
Director of Color
Director of Color
Don't forget to write for the secondary grades
Dutch
Dutch
Een hartverscheurend verhaal van duizelingwekkende genialiteit / druk 1
Een hartverscheurend verhaal van duizelingwekkende genialiteit / druk 1
Een hartverscheurend verhaal van duizelingwekkende genialiteit Gebaseerd op een waar gebeurd verhaal
Eyes and the Impossible
Faraway Things
Fifteen
Fifty books, fifty covers 2014
Fifty books, fifty covers 2014
Find Them and Convince Them
First Exposures
For the love of cheese
Forty Stories
Granta 110
Her Right Foot
Her Right Foot
HÉROES DE LA FRONTERA
Heroes of the Frontier
Hoe hongerig wij zijn
Hoe hongerig wij zijn / druk 1
Hoe hongerig wij zijn / druk 1
How the water feels to the fishes
How the water feels to the fishes
How We Are Hungry
Huracán
Huracán
I vostri padri, dove sono? E i profeti, vivono forse per sempre?
In the Between
In the Between
It Is Right to Draw Their Fur
John Currin