

His 1993 novel, The Virgin Suicides, gained mainstream interest with the 1999 film adaptation directed by Sofia Coppola. 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". in Creative Writing from Stanford University. He took his undergraduate degree at Brown University, graduating in 1983. He attended Grosse Pointe's private University Liggett School. Eugenides is reluctant to appear in public or disclo Jeffrey Kent Eugenides is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and short story writer of Greek and Irish extraction.Įugenides was born in Detroit, Michigan, of Greek and Irish descent.


Eugenides was born in Detroit, Michigan, of Greek and Irish descent. Jeffrey Kent Eugenides is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and short story writer of Greek and Irish extraction.
