Jeffrey Eugenides, the writer of Middlesex, was born on March 8, 1969 in Detroit, Michigan. 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 1993 his first novel, The Virgin Suicides, gained mainstream interest with the 1999 film adaptation directed by Sofia Coppola. The novel was re-issued in 2009.
Finally, his 2002 novel titled Middlesex won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for fiction and the Ambassador Book Award.
In Middlesex, Eugenides’ personal life can be seen to give significant contribution to the story. His past life residence and family background are among
these personal life aspects. He uses Detroit, his home town, as the setting of place in most parts of the story. Berlin, Germany, where Eugenides has lived from 1999 to 2004 is also used as the setting of place of the novel. The United States, where he
together with his wife and daughter continues to live until now, is also chosen as the setting of place in this novel. |