Jeffrey Kent Eugenides
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- Born
- 1960 · Detroit.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- writer · novelist · university teacher · academic
- Fields
- literary activity · prose · creative writing
- Education
- Brown University · Stanford University · University Liggett School
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship · grand prix de l'héroïne Madame Figaro du roman étranger · Pulitzer Prize for Fiction · Berlin Prize
- Languages
- English
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Stanford University
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University Liggett School
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Jeffrey Kent Eugenides studied at Brown University, Stanford University and University Liggett School. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is literary activity, prose and creative writing. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are romance. George Eliot, Henry James and Vladimir Nabokov are recorded as an influence. Employment is recorded with Princeton University. Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship, grand prix de l'héroïne Madame Figaro du roman étranger, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and Berlin Prize.
Jeffrey Kent Eugenides is recorded as having received Guggenheim Fellowship, grand prix de l'héroïne Madame Figaro du roman étranger and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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Jeffrey Kent Eugenides (born 8 March 1960) is described as a writer in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Jeffrey Kent Eugenides was born on 8 March 1960 in Detroit, Michigan.
Jeffrey Eugenides
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Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger (left) presents Jeffrey Eugenides with the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.
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1960
Jeffrey Kent Eugenides born at Detroit.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q357108: Jeffrey Kent Eugenides
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- VIAF cluster 37015518 for Jeffrey Kent Eugenides, aggregating national library name authorities.
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- 1.Jeffrey Eugenides – Harper Collins Author Profile. HarperCollins UK.
- 2.James Gibbons. Jeffrey Eugenides, The Art of Fiction No. 215. The Paris Review. Winter 2011. 199.
- 3.Thedailybeast.com. The Daily Beast – Eugenides Returns!. Newsweek. 26 September 2011.
- 4.Jeffrey Eugenides reads this evening at CEMEX Auditorium. Stanford Libraries. 2013-02-25.
- 5.Eugenides, Jeffrey. Jeffrey Eugenides. Bomb. 2002.
- 6.A Conversation with Jeffrey Eugenides – Interview. The New York Times. 15 May 2009.
- 7.Hughes, Evan. Is 'The Marriage Plot' by Jeffrey Eugenides Based in Reality? -- New York Magazine - Nymag. New York Magazine. October 7, 2011.
- 8.Hughes, Evan. Is 'The Marriage Plot' by Jeffrey Eugenides Based in Reality? – New York Magazine. Nymag.com. 2011-10-09.
- 9."Jeffrey Eugenides", DAAD.
- 10.Goldstein, Bill. A Novelist Goes Far Afield but Winds Up Back Home Again. The New York Times. 2003-01-01. 0362-4331.
- 11.Brown, Mick. Jeffrey Eugenides: Enduring love. The Daily Telegraph. 2008-01-05.
- 12.Ratcliffe, Michael J. Prize-winning author joins Princeton faculty. nj. 2007-09-19.
- 13.Jeffrey Eugenides joins the NYU Creative Writing Program faculty. as.nyu.edu.
- 14.Donadio, Rachel. What I Did at Summer Writers' Camp. The New York Times. 2006-08-20. 0362-4331.
- 15.Morris, Linda. Interview: Jeffrey Eugenides. The Sydney Morning Herald. 2011-10-07.
- 16.All you need to know about Jeffrey Eugenides. Athens Insider. 2018-09-27.
- 17.ALM. SACRIFICE By Georgia Eugenides Adelaide Literary Magazine. 2017-07-17.
- 18.People in the Pews - Jeffery Eugenides. Saint Joseph's in Greenwich Village. September 8, 2024.
- 19.Jeffrey Eugenides. Middlesex | Jeffrey Eugenides | Macmillan. Us.macmillan.com. 1960-01-08.
- 20.Bookcritics.org. National Book Critics Circle: National Book Critics Circle Announces Finalists for Publishing Year 2011 – Critical Mass Blog. 2012-01-21.
- 21.Jeffrey Eugenides: I don't Know Why Jodi Picoult Is Belly-Aching. salon.com. 27 September 2012.
- 22.Jeffrey Eugenides - Artist. MacDowell.
- 23.Jeffrey Eugenides erhält WELT-Literaturpreis. Buch Markt. October 14, 2003.
- 24.princeton.edu. Princeton University – FACULTY AWARD: Eight named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- 25.Amacad.org. American Academy of Arts and Sciences : 2013 Fellows.
- 26.Brown University. Brown confers nine honorary degrees. 25 May 2014.
- 27.2018 Newly Elected Members – American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q357108: Jeffrey Kent EugenidesWikimedia Foundation
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VIAF cluster 37015518 for Jeffrey Kent Eugenides, aggregating national library name authorities.OCLC
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Formation and teaching. Eugenides studied at Brown University, Stanford University and University Liggett School. His recorded influences include George Eliot, Henry James, Vladimir Nabokov and Gabriel García Márquez. Eugenides worked in literary activity, prose and creative writing. He was employed by Princeton University. He belonged to American Academy of Arts and Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Letters. Eugenides received Guggenheim Fellowship, grand prix de l'héroïne Madame Figaro du roman étranger, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and Berlin Prize. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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