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Jeffrey Kent Eugenides
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Detroit, Michigan, USA
Jeffrey Kent Eugenides (born March 8, 1960) is an American author. He has written numerous short stories and essays, as well as three novels: The Virgin Suicides (1993), Middlesex (2002), and The Marriage Plot (2011). The Virgin Suicides served as the basis of the 1999 film of the same name, while Middlesex received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in addition to being a finalist for the…
Known for
- Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street — Self - Writer2017
- River of Fundament — Wake Guest2014
- druckfrisch — self2003
- Weimarer Salon — Self2001
- The Making of The Virgin Suicides — Self2000
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1960-03-08 ) March 8, 1960 (age 66) , Detroit, Michigan , U.S.
- Occupation
- Author
- Education
- Brown University ( AB ), Stanford University ( MA )
- Genre
- Fiction
- Notable works
- Middlesex (2002)
- Notable awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2003)
- Relatives
- Kallie Branciforte (niece)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kent
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Occupation
- academic
- Employer
- Princeton University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- creative writing
- Genre
- romance
- Image
- Eugenides, Jeffrey.jpg
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- influenced by
- Vladimir Nabokov
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Commons category
- Jeffrey Eugenides
- date of birth
- 1960-03-08
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
- name in native language
- Jeffrey Eugenides
- birth name
- Jeffrey Kent Eugenides
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Encyclopedic overview
Jeffrey Kent Eugenides (born March 8, 1960) is an American author. He has written numerous short stories and essays, as well as three novels: The Virgin Suicides (1993), Middlesex (2002), and The Marriage Plot (2011). The Virgin Suicides served as the basis of the 1999 film of the same name, while Middlesex received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in addition to being a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the International Dublin Literary Award, and France's Prix Médicis.
Biography
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