Biografie
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers (1970) is de auteur van de memoir Een hartverscheurend verhaal van duizelingwekkende genialiteit (2000), de roman U zult verstelt staan van onze beweeglijkheid! (2002), de verhalenbundel Hoe hongerig wij zijn (2004) en de biografische autobiografie Wat is de Wat (2006).
November 2009 verscheen van zijn hand, in Nederland, het non-fictieboek Zeitoun en begin 2010 de roman voor alle leeftijden Max (en de wild things).
INTERVIEWS MET DAVE EGGERS
SCHRIJVEN IN HET OOG VAN DE STORM
'Je leert meer over de islam door 10 minuten met moslims te praten dan door 10 jaar naar het nieuws te kijken'... Lees het interview
HUMO
'Je leert meer over de islam door 10 minuten met moslims te praten dan door 10 jaar naar het nieuws te kijken'... Lees het interview
HUMO
SCHRIJVEN EN DE WERELD VERBETEREN
Alleen persoonlijke verhalen over gruwelijke gebeurtenissen kunnen ons nog wakker schudden, schrijft Dave Eggers vanuit San Francisco.
DE GROENE AMSTERDAMMER
Alleen persoonlijke verhalen over gruwelijke gebeurtenissen kunnen ons nog wakker schudden, schrijft Dave Eggers vanuit San Francisco.
DE GROENE AMSTERDAMMER
A TALK WITH THE WILD THING CREATORS
For more than 40 years, kids have wondered about Where the Wild Things Are. Are they real or imaginary? Friends or foes? Now that we're grown-ups, we still can't help you, but we may have figured out where they really are: living with author Maurice Sendak in his Connecticut home.
NEWSWEEK
For more than 40 years, kids have wondered about Where the Wild Things Are. Are they real or imaginary? Friends or foes? Now that we're grown-ups, we still can't help you, but we may have figured out where they really are: living with author Maurice Sendak in his Connecticut home.
NEWSWEEK
Q&A WITH DAVE EGGERS
After the publication of his 2000 memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, critics labeled Dave Eggers the voice of a new generation. English majors adored him. The Pulitzer committee nominated him. But Eggers seemed relatively unaffected by his newfound fame.
TIME
After the publication of his 2000 memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, critics labeled Dave Eggers the voice of a new generation. English majors adored him. The Pulitzer committee nominated him. But Eggers seemed relatively unaffected by his newfound fame.
TIME
A FAMILY'S FLOOD
‘Zeitoun”—a new work of nonfiction by Dave Eggers—distills the sprawling chaos that followed Hurricane Katrina into a single family’s story. The narrative follows a Syrian-American contractor who navigates the postapocalyptic streets of New Orleans in a second-hand canoe, then mysteriously disappears for several weeks after armed officers take him aboard their boat.
WALL STREET JOURNAL
‘Zeitoun”—a new work of nonfiction by Dave Eggers—distills the sprawling chaos that followed Hurricane Katrina into a single family’s story. The narrative follows a Syrian-American contractor who navigates the postapocalyptic streets of New Orleans in a second-hand canoe, then mysteriously disappears for several weeks after armed officers take him aboard their boat.
WALL STREET JOURNAL
THE RUMPUS LONG INTERVIEW WITH DAVE EGGERS
Dave Eggers has a new nonfiction book, Zeitoun, coming out in a few weeks, fast on the heels of Away We Go, a movie he co-wrote with his wife, Vendela Vida, and directed by Sam Mendes. Dave talks to The Rumpus about the new book, his optimism for print publications, what the kids are reading, and the advantage of attending a state school.
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THE RUMPUS
Dave Eggers has a new nonfiction book, Zeitoun, coming out in a few weeks, fast on the heels of Away We Go, a movie he co-wrote with his wife, Vendela Vida, and directed by Sam Mendes. Dave talks to The Rumpus about the new book, his optimism for print publications, what the kids are reading, and the advantage of attending a state school.
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THE RUMPUS
IT WAS JUST BOYS WALKING
Valentino Deng was one of thousands of Sudanese children forced to flee their homes during the 20-year civil war. Now resettled in America, he wants the world to know the brutal truth about the conflict. So he told his story to Dave Eggers. The novelist reflects on the challenge of turning heartbreaking reality into fiction
THE GUARDIAN
Valentino Deng was one of thousands of Sudanese children forced to flee their homes during the 20-year civil war. Now resettled in America, he wants the world to know the brutal truth about the conflict. So he told his story to Dave Eggers. The novelist reflects on the challenge of turning heartbreaking reality into fiction
THE GUARDIAN