Jeffrey Eugenides

1960 -

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genre: romance novel

country of citizenship: United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Brown University, Stanford University, University Liggett School

occupation: writer, novelist, university teacher, academic

award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, grand prix de l'héroïne Madame Figaro du roman étranger, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Berlin Prize

influenced by: George Eliot, Henry James, Vladimir Nabokov, Gabriel García Márquez

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 a feature film, 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)