Jeffrey Eugenides's Birth Card: The 2 of Spades

In the record

Jeffrey Kent Eugenides (born March 8, 1960) is an American author. The birth-card coordinate for March 8 is the 2 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of Jeffrey Eugenides's 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — Middlesex.

Pulitzer Fiction record

• 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — Middlesex

Jeffrey Eugenides is on the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction list for Middlesex (https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2003). Jeffrey Eugenides (Q357108, Wikipedia “Jeffrey Eugenides”) appears here as a person-scope Fiction winner. Jeffrey Eugenides is listed as the sole Fiction recipient for each year in this pack. Works in this pack for Jeffrey Eugenides: 2003 Middlesex. Jeffrey Eugenides's English Wikipedia title is the same string as the harvested name. Birth date 1960-03-08 is the Wikipedia infobox day for Jeffrey Eugenides, verified against Wikidata P569 1960-03-08 (match). Pulitzer.org bio date status for Jeffrey Eugenides is unavailable. The harvested card symbol for March 8 is 2♠. No day-precision Wikidata P570 death date is stored on this page for Jeffrey Eugenides. Source URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Eugenides is the Wikipedia article used for Jeffrey Eugenides. This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for Jeffrey Eugenides. It only names the calendar coordinate for March 8 and the Fiction titles already listed for Jeffrey Eugenides.

The 2 of Spades coordinate

Jeffrey Eugenides was born March 8, 1960 (1960-03-08). Month 3 and day 8 give solar value 41, which is the 2 of Spades (The Skeptical Partner). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1960 is unused, so Jeffrey Eugenides's 1960 birth year does not move the card. The 2 of Spades does not predict a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and is not a verdict on Jeffrey Eugenides. Quoted system copy for the 2 of Spades, not a biography of Jeffrey Eugenides: You hold two pressures at once and still make a call that can live in the world. You naturally question any belief or claim. Your thinking is balanced between perspectives. You see multiple sides of truth. Harvested gifts listed for the 2 of Spades: Ability to hold multiple perspectives simultaneously; Healthy skepticism toward claims; Balanced thinking and fairness; Natural understanding of complexity. Harvested life-direction line for the 2 of Spades: Your curriculum is learning that some decisions require commitment despite uncertainty. You're learning to choose despite complexity.

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Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Jeffrey Kent Eugenides 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 the 1999 film of the same name, 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.

Jeffrey Eugenides in the public record

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 the 1999 film of the same name, 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. Jeffrey Kent Eugenides was born in Detroit, Michigan, on March 8, 1960. He is of Greek descent through his father and English and Irish descent through his mother. He has two older brothers. He attended Grosse Pointe's private University Liggett School and then Brown University (where he became friends with contemporary Rick Moody). He graduated from Brown in 1982 after taking a year off to travel across Europe, during which time he also volunteered with Mother Teresa in Calcutta. Of his decision to study at Brown, he said, "I chose Brown largely in order to study with John Hawkes, whose work I admired.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Jeffrey Eugenides (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the King of Clubs

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Jeffrey Eugenides, and not a forecast of a Pulitzer.

Clear thinking and decisive action

Jeffrey Kent Eugenides (born March 8, 1960) is an American author.

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: author.

Also on the record

1. I entered the honors program in English, which forced me to study the entire English tradition, beginning with Beowulf.
2. I felt that since I was going to try to add to the tradition, I had better know something about it." In 1986, he earned an M.A. in English and Creative Writing from Stanford University.
3. Eugenides knew he wanted to be a writer from a relatively early age, stating, "I decided very early; during my junior year of high school.
4. We read A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man that year, and it had a big effect on me, for reasons that seem quite amusing to me now.

Other Fiction winners with this card

• Carol Shields — 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — The Stone Diaries

FAQ

What is Jeffrey Eugenides's birth card?

The 2 of Spades. March 8 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Jeffrey Eugenides's year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, novels, character, or fate.

Where do Jeffrey Eugenides's dates and Fiction credits come from?

Birth date 1960-03-08 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Jeffrey Eugenides, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Winner identity comes from the Wikipedia Pulitzer Prize for Fiction list, which cites Pulitzer.org year pages. The Fiction line is 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — Middlesex. Pulitzer.org bio date status is unavailable. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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