Jeffrey Kent Eugenides (born March 8, 1960 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and short story writer. He is of Greek and Irish descent.
Eugenides was a descendant of Greek and Irish immigrants. He attended Grosse Pointe's private University Liggett School. He took his undergraduate degree at Brown University, graduating in 1983. He later earned an M.A. in Creative Writing from Stanford University.
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Jeffrey Kent Eugenides (born March 8, 1960 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and short story writer. He is of Greek and Irish descent.
Eugenides was a descendant of Greek and Irish immigrants. He attended Grosse Pointe's private University Liggett School. He took his undergraduate degree at Brown University, graduating in 1983. He later earned an M.A. in Creative Writing from Stanford University.
In 1986 he received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Fellowship for his story "Here Comes Winston, Full of the Holy Spirit". His 1993 novel, The Virgin Suicides, gained mainstream interest with the 1999 film adaptation directed by Sofia Coppola. The novel was reissued in 2009.
Eugenides is reluctant to appear in public or disclose details about his private life, except through Michigan-area book signings in which he details the influence of Detroit and his high-school experiences on his writings. He has said that he has been haunted by...
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