デイヴ・エガーズ(1970年–)は、アメリカの作家、編集者、出版人。両親の死後、弟を育てた経験を実験的な構成で綴った回想録『驚くべき天才の胸もはりさけんばかりの奮闘記』(A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius)で注目を集め、同作はピュリッツァー賞の最終候補となった。小説、ノンフィクション、児童文学を手がけ、『王様のためのホログラム』(A Hologram for the King)や、巨大IT企業による監視と情報独占を描いた『ザ・サークル』(The Circle)などを発表。独立系出版社マクスウィーニーズを創設したほか、子どもや若者の読み書きを支援する非営利団体826バレンシアを共同設立し、執筆・出版と教育活動を結びつけている。
Dave Eggers (1970–) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He gained attention with “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius,” an experimentally structured memoir about raising his younger brother after the deaths of their parents; the book was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Working across fiction, nonfiction, and children’s literature, he has published books including “A Hologram for the King” and “The Circle,” a novel about surveillance and the concentration of information in a powerful technology company. Eggers founded the independent publishing organization McSweeney’s and co-founded 826 Valencia, a nonprofit center that supports young people in developing their writing skills, linking his literary and publishing work with education.
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