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Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He is known for the best-selling memoir ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'' and for his subsequent work as a novelist and screenwriter. He is also the founder of McSweeney's, the co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia, and the founder of ScholarMatch, a program that matches donors with students needing funds for college tuition. His writing has appeared in several magazines. His works have received a significant amount of critical acclaim. ==Life== Eggers was born in Boston, Massachusetts, one of four siblings. His father was John K. Eggers (1936–1991), an attorney. His mother, Heidi McSweeney Eggers (1940–1992), was a school teacher. When Eggers was still a child, the family moved to the upscale suburb of Lake Forest, near Chicago, where he attended high school and was a classmate of actor Vince Vaughn. Eggers attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, intending to get a degree in journalism, but his studies were interrupted by the deaths of both of his parents in 1991–1992—his father in 1991 from brain and lung cancer, and his mother in January 1992 from stomach cancer. Both were in their 50s. These events were chronicled in his first book, the fictionalized ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius''. At the time, Eggers was 21, and his younger brother, Christopher ("Toph"), was 8 years old. The two eldest siblings, Bill and Beth, were unable to commit to care for Toph; his older brother had a full-time job and his sister was enrolled in law school. As a result, Dave Eggers took the responsibility. He left the University of Illinois and moved to Berkeley, California, with his girlfriend Kirsten and his brother. They initially moved in with Eggers's sister, Beth, and her roommate, but eventually found a place in another part of town, which they paid for with money left to them by their parents. Toph attended a small private school, and Eggers did temp work and freelance graphic design for a local newspaper. Eventually, with his friend David Moodie, he took over a local free newspaper called ''Cups''. This gradually evolved into the satirical magazine ''Might''. Eggers lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and is married to Vendela Vida, also a writer. The couple has two children. Eggers's elder brother, Bill, is a researcher who has worked for several conservative think tanks, doing research promoting privatization. Eggers's sister, Beth, committed suicide in November 2001. Eggers briefly spoke about his sister's death during a 2002 fan interview for McSweeney's. He was one of three 2008 TED Prize recipients.〔(【引用サイトリンク】year=2007 )〕 His TED Prize wish was for helping community members to personally engage with local public schools.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=TEDPrize 2008 Winner: Dave Eggers )〕 The same year, he was named one of "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing the World" by ''Utne Reader''.〔(Visionaries Who Are Changing the World )〕 In 2005, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters from Brown University. He delivered the baccalaureate address at the school in 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dave Eggers to deliver Brown University commencement address )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dave Eggers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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