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Joyce Carol Oates

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Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Her novels Black Water (1992), What I Lived For (1994), and Blonde (2000), and her short story collection Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories (2014) were each finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. She has won many awards for her writing, including the National Book Award, for her novel Them (1969), two O. Henry Awards, the National Humanities Medal, and the Jerusalem Prize (2019). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joyce Carol Oates is the 1,313th most popular writer (down from 936th in 2019), the 1,880th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,058th in 2019) and the 149th most popular American Writer.

Joyce Carol Oates is most famous for her novels. She has written over 50 novels and short story collections.

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Among writers, Joyce Carol Oates ranks 1,313 out of 7,302. Before her are Constantijn Huygens, James Ellroy, Arthur Hailey, Quintus Fabius Pictor, Hieronymus of Cardia, and Ruy González de Clavijo. After her are Aelius Aristides, Dylan Thomas, Anthony Bourdain, Robert Merle, Bhartṛhari, and Adam Oehlenschläger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Joyce Carol Oates ranks 97. Before her are Jerzy Skolimowski, Leiji Matsumoto, Terence Stamp, Fela Kuti, Carlos Bilardo, and Taha Yassin Ramadan. After her are Elliott Gould, Ahmed Qurei, Frank Langella, Manuel Santana, Connie Francis, and Nabih Berri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joyce Carol Oates ranks 1,880 out of 20,380. Before her are George Jung (1942), Tony Todd (1954), Michael Madsen (1957), Vincent D'Onofrio (1959), Grant Wood (1891), and Vint Cerf (1943). After her are Stephen McKinley Henderson (1949), Red Cloud (1822), Fred Durst (1970), Larry Page (1973), Anthony Bourdain (1956), and Héctor Elizondo (1936).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Joyce Carol Oates ranks 149. Before her are Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815), Valerie Solanas (1936), Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840), Hubert Selby Jr. (1928), Carson McCullers (1917), and James Ellroy (1948). After her are Anthony Bourdain (1956), Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), Samuel R. Delany (1942), Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923), Diana Gabaldon (1952), and Nora Roberts (1950).

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