Dave Eggers
Auteur de A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and Mistakes We Knew We Were Making
A propos de l'auteur
Dave Eggers was born on March 12th, 1970, in Boston, Massachusetts. His family moved to Lake Forest, Illinois when he was a child. Eggers attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, until his parents' deaths in 1991 and 1992. The loss left him responsible for his eight-year-old brother afficher plus and later became the inspiration for his highly acclaimed memoir "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius". Published in 2000, the memoir was nominated for a nonfiction Pulitzer the following year. Eggers edits the popular "The Best American Nonrequired Reading" published annually. In 1998, he founded the independent publishing house, McSweeney's which publishes a variety of magazines and literary journals. Eggers has also opened several nonprofit writing centers for high school students across the United States. Eggers has written several novels and his title, A Hologram for the King, was a finalist for the 2012 National Book Award. His most recent work of fiction, entitled The Circle, was published in 2013. His recent nonfiction books are The Monk of Mokha (January 2018) and What Can a Citizen Do? (Illustrated by Shawn Harris)(September 2018). (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) Please do not combine this author page with "Doris Haggis-On-Whey" books. Dr. and Mr. Doris Haggis-on-Whey are a joint pseudonym of Dave Eggers and his brother Christopher Eggers. Please note that reviews of The Wild Things and Zeitoun have become confused on the Wild Things review thread.
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Séries
Œuvres de Dave Eggers
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and Mistakes We Knew We Were Making (2000) 13,407 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 13 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): The Comics Issue (2004) — Directeur de publication — 1,291 exemplaires
Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans: The Best of McSweeney's Humor Category (2004) — Editor & Introduction — 864 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 15 (Mcsweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2005) — Directeur de publication — 453 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 16 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2005) — Directeur de publication — 444 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 18 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) / Wholphin No. 1 (2005) — Directeur de publication — 409 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 14 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): McSweeney's at War for the Foreseeable Future and He's Never Been… (2004) — Directeur de publication — 400 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 19 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Old Facts, New Fiction, & A Novella By T.C. Boyle (2006) — Directeur de publication — 399 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 17 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Made to Look Like It Came In Your Mailbox (2005) 341 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 22: Three Books Held Within By Magnets (2007) — Directeur de publication — 335 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 21 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2006) — Directeur de publication — 330 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 11 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): It Can Be Free (2003) — Directeur de publication — 322 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 23 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Still Going Strong Like Castro (We Meant Ramón) (2007) — Directeur de publication — 290 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 12: Unpublished, Unknown, and/or Unbelievable (2003) — Directeur de publication — 283 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 24 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Trouble/Come Back, Donald Barthelme (2007) — Directeur de publication — 280 exemplaires
Your Disgusting Head: The Darkest, Most Offensive and Moist Secrets of Your Ears, Mouth and Nose (How Books:… (2004) — Auteur — 265 exemplaires
One Hundred and Forty Five Stories in a Small Box: Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape, How the Water Feels to the… (2007) 219 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 27 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): With Lots of Things Like This/Autophobia (2008) — Contributeur — 217 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 8 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2002) — Directeur de publication — 216 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 6 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): We Now Know Who (2001) — Directeur de publication — 203 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 9 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): We Feel This One Is More Urgent (2002) — Directeur de publication — 201 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 30 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Rejoice! (2009) — Directeur de publication — 190 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 26 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Three Part Book Set (2008) — Directeur de publication — 186 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 5 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Sometimes Not Believing How Great This All Is (1975) — Directeur de publication — 181 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 31 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Vikings, Monks, Philosophers, Whores: Old Forms Unearthed (2009) 180 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 29 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2008) — Directeur de publication — 180 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 7 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2001) — Directeur de publication — 178 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 28 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2008) — Directeur de publication — 170 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 4: Trying, Trying, Trying, Trying, Trying (2000) — Directeur de publication — 163 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 33 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): The San Francisco Panorama (2009) — Directeur de publication — 138 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 35 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2010) — Directeur de publication — 114 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 34 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2010) — Directeur de publication — 109 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 45 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Hitchcock and Bradbury Fistfight in Heaven (2013) — Directeur de publication — 102 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 37 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2011) — Directeur de publication — 99 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 40 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2012) — Directeur de publication — 97 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 46 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Thirteen Crime Stories From Latin America (2014) — Directeur de publication — 89 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 39 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2011) — Directeur de publication — 85 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 41 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2012) — Directeur de publication — 76 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 42 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Multiples (2013) — Directeur de publication — 62 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 49 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Cover Stories (2017) — Directeur de publication — 56 exemplaires
Out of Exile: Narratives from the Abducted and Displaced People of Sudan (2008) — Interviews & Introduction — 55 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 50 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2017) — Directeur de publication — 53 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 44 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2013) — Directeur de publication — 48 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 51 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2017) — Directeur de publication — 34 exemplaires
Better than Fiction 2: True adventures from 30 great fiction writers (Lonely Planet Travel Literature) (2015) 28 exemplaires
The Executioner's Song 9 exemplaires
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 7 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 73 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Manifesto: A Collection of Manifestos 5 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 73 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Manifesto: A Collection of Manifestos (2024) 5 exemplaires
McSweney's No. 48 4 exemplaires
McSweeney's Books Sampler No. 1 3 exemplaires
The Alaska of Giants and Gods 3 exemplaires
The Keeper of the Ornaments 2 exemplaires
Unfamiliar - A Twice-Monthly Magazine of Different Fiction / September 1-15/05 / (2005) 2 exemplaires
The Book Makers 1 exemplaire
Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern. Issue Five (5). Sometimes Not Believing How Great This All Is. 1 exemplaire
The Comebacker 1 exemplaire
After I Was Thrown in the River and Before I Drowned (in Speaking with the Angel - HORNBY) 1 exemplaire
First Exposures: The First Ten Years 1 exemplaire
Theo (in The Book of Other People - SMITH) 1 exemplaire
4x Dave Eggers: Includes: What Is the What; How We Are Hungry; You Shall Know Our Velocity; A Heartbreaking Work of… (2009) 1 exemplaire
Chapter One (in McSweeney's 38 - EGGERS) 1 exemplaire
Hologram for the King,A 1 exemplaire
The Wapshot Scandal 1 exemplaire
Phoenix 1 exemplaire
2018 1 exemplaire
McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, No. 13: An Assorted Sampler of North American Comic Drawings, Strips, (1st First… 1 exemplaire
The Best We Have: The Blurbs of Dave Eggers 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop (2012) — Contributeur — 558 exemplaires
Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story (2012) — Introduction — 221 exemplaires
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases (2020) — Contributeur — 183 exemplaires
Des mots pour agir : Contre les violences faites aux femmes : souvenirs, monologues, pamphlets et prières (2007) — Contributeur — 105 exemplaires
Voices from the Storm: The People of New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath (2006) — Series editor — 72 exemplaires
An Innocent Abroad: Life-Changing Trips from 35 Great Writers (2014) — Contributeur — 71 exemplaires
Astro Noise: A Survival Guide for Living Under Total Surveillance (1668) — Contributeur — 46 exemplaires
Can You Hear Me Now?: The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson (2009) — Introduction — 40 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 52: In Their Faces a Landmark: Stories of Movement and Displacement (2018) — Founding Editor — 36 exemplaires
Beyond the Possible: 50 Years of Creating Radical Change in a Community Called Glide (2013) — Avant-propos — 26 exemplaires
Infinite Jest: Part I With a Foreword by Dave Eggers — Avant-propos, quelques éditions — 7 exemplaires
Thomas Demand: L'Esprit d'Escalier — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Don't Forget to Write for the Secondary Grades: 50 Enthralling and Effective Writing Lessons, Ages 11 and Up (2011) — Avant-propos — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Eggers, Dave
- Nom légal
- Eggers, David
- Date de naissance
- 1970-03-12
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Etats-Unis
- Lieu de naissance
- Boston, Massachusetts, Etats-Unis
- Lieux de résidence
- Chicago, Illinois, Etats-Unis
San Francisco, Californie, Etats-Unis - Études
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Professions
- writer
author
novelist
publisher - Relations
- Vida, Vendela (épouse)
Eggers, Christopher (frère) - Organisations
- McSweeney's
826 Valencia - Prix et distinctions
- Newbery Medal (2024)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (2015)
Prix Médicis (2009)
TED Prize (2008)
Heinz Award (2007)
Addison M. Metcalf Award in Literature (2001) (tout afficher 11)
Carl Sandburg Literary Award (2017)
Dayton Literary Peace Prize (2010)
Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award
Utne Reader 50 Visionaries Who Are Changing the World (2008)
Brown University honorary Doctor of Letters (2005) - Notice de désambigüisation
- Please do not combine this author page with "Doris Haggis-On-Whey" books. Dr. and Mr. Doris Haggis-on-Whey are a joint pseudonym of Dave Eggers and his brother Christopher Eggers.
Please note that reviews of The Wild Things and Zeitoun have become confused on the Wild Things review thread.
Membres
Discussions
The Circle: Theological undertones in "The Circle" à One LibraryThing, One Book (Janvier 2015)
The Circle: Introduce Yourself! à One LibraryThing, One Book (Mars 2014)
The Circle: Explicit References to 1984 Could Have Helped à Book talk (Février 2014)
The Circle: General Likes/Dislikes à One LibraryThing, One Book (Janvier 2014)
The Circle: First Impressions à One LibraryThing, One Book (Décembre 2013)
The Circle: A Horror Novel? à One LibraryThing, One Book (Décembre 2013)
The Circle: How did it go? à One LibraryThing, One Book (Décembre 2013)
The Circle: What rang true for you? à One LibraryThing, One Book (Décembre 2013)
The Circle: Author's Style à One LibraryThing, One Book (Novembre 2013)
The Circle: Non-spoiler Oddities à One LibraryThing, One Book (Novembre 2013)
Critiques
Listes
To Read (5)
Review 1 (1)
Read in 2016 (1)
Overdue Podcast (1)
Our digital age (1)
Deathreads (1)
4th Grade Books (1)
Five star books (1)
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Tour of Africa (1)
Disaster Books (1)
Favourite Books (2)
2000s decade (2)
to get (2)
100 New Classics (2)
Unread books (3)
2010s (1)
First Novels (1)
New Orleans (1)
My TBR (1)
Best Dystopias (1)
Florida (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 167
- Aussi par
- 43
- Membres
- 67,411
- Popularité
- #198
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 1,787
- ISBN
- 832
- Langues
- 25
- Favoris
- 166
Dès les premières pages, j'ai été pris par cette ambiance stressante et angoissante. Cette nouvelle société qui pointe et qui pour une part existe déjà, société de la transparence absolue, de l'inquisition volontaire, du dictat de l'immédiateté, du voyeurisme, de l'aplanissement des valeurs, de la concurrence et la compétition permanente.
Ce roman au fil des pages soulève d'énorme question sur le vivre ensemble en société, la conformité, l'éducation, la sexualité et surtout nous interroge sur ce qui se déroule actuellement sous nos yeux. Car aujourd'hui en 2017 on ne peut que constater que cette société décrite dans le Cercle, écrit en 2013, est petit à petit entrain de s'imposer.
Cf l'article du magazine l'Obs : Bienvenue en Estonie, l'Etat connecté qui a vaincu la paperasserie (n°2760 - 28/9/17 4/10/17)
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