Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He wrote the best-selling memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.[1]
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Born | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | March 12, 1970
Occupation | Writer, editor, publisher, philanthropist |
Period | 1993–present |
Literary movement | Postmodern literature, post-postmodern, new sincerity |
Spouse | Vendela Vida |
Children | 2 |
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Eggers is also the founder of McSweeney's, a co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia and the human rights nonprofit Voice of Witness, and the founder of ScholarMatch.
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Eggers worked with Sudan refugee Valentino Achak Deng to tell a fictionalized account of Achak's life story.
References
- ↑ "Dave Eggers to deliver Brown University commencement address". May 19, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2009.