ケヴィン・パワーズ（1980年–）は、アメリカの小説家、詩人、イラク戦争の退役軍人。ヴァージニア州リッチモンドに生まれ、17歳で陸軍に入隊し、2004年から2005年にかけてイラクで機関銃手として従軍した。帰国後に英文学と詩作を学び、従軍経験をもとに、戦場で結ばれた若い兵士たちの友情と喪失、帰還後の罪悪感を描いた『The Yellow Birds』（未邦訳）を発表。同作は全米図書賞の最終候補となり、PEN／ヘミングウェイ賞とガーディアン新人賞を受賞した。詩集『Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting』（未邦訳）や、南北戦争から現代へ続く暴力の記憶を描いた『A Shout in the Ruins』（未邦訳）を発表し、2026年には第一次世界大戦を舞台とする長編『Children of the Wild』（未邦訳）を刊行した。
Kevin Powers (1980–) is an American novelist, poet, and Iraq War veteran. Born in Richmond, Virginia, he enlisted in the U.S. Army at seventeen and served as a machine gunner in Iraq from 2004 to 2005. After returning home, he studied English and poetry. Drawing on his military experience, he wrote “The Yellow Birds,” a novel about friendship and loss among young soldiers and the guilt carried home from war. The book was a finalist for the National Book Award and received the PEN/Hemingway Award and the Guardian First Book Award. Powers has also published the poetry collection “Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting” and “A Shout in the Ruins,” a novel tracing the legacy of violence from the American Civil War into the present. In 2026, he published “Children of the Wild,” set during the First World War.
