Jeffrey Eugenides
Born in 1960
Fiction
Jeffrey Kent Eugenides is an acclaimed American author known for his novels exploring themes of identity, sexuality, and coming-of-age.
Born in Detroit in 1960, he studied at Brown and Stanford Universities before pursuing a writing career.
Eugenides gained recognition with his debut novel, The Virgin Suicides, later adapted into a film.
His second novel, Middlesex, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2003.
Eugenides has also published short stories and essays, and his work has been translated into numerous languages.
He currently teaches creative writing at Princeton University and continues to be a prominent figure in contemporary American literature.
