Biography
Joyce Carol Oates 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).
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Awards & recognition
- Prix mondial Cino Del Duca · 2020
- Bram Stoker Award — Best Fiction Collection · 2016
- Bram Stoker Award — Best Fiction Collection · 2012
- New Jersey Hall of Fame · 2012
- Bram Stoker Award — Best Fiction Collection · 2011
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- grand prix de l'héroïne Madame Figaro du roman étranger · 2011
- World Fantasy Award — Best Short Fiction · 2011
- Fernanda Pivano Award — American Literature · 2010
- Lucien Barrière Literary Award · 2010
- National Humanities Medal · 2010
- Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award · 2009
- Humanist of the Year · 2007
- Prix Femina étranger · 2005
- Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service · 2003
- Carl Sandburg Literary Award · 2002
- Helmerich Award · 2002
- Oprah's Book Club · 2001
- PEN/Malamud Award · 1996
- Bram Stoker Award — Novel · 1995
- Bram Stoker Award — Lifetime Achievement · 1993
- Rea Award — the Short Story · 1990
- St. Louis Literary Award · 1988
- National Book Award · 1970
- Guggenheim Fellowship · 1967
- O. Henry Award · 1967
- Bram Stoker Award — Short Fiction
- honorary doctor of Brandeis University
- honorary doctor of the Northwestern University
- Pushcart Prize
- Stone Award — Lifetime Literary Achievement
- International Booker Prize · 2009 · nominated
- Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award · 2006 · nominated
- Locus Award — Best Novelette · 2001 · nominated
- Pulitzer Prize — Fiction · 2001 · nominated
- National Book Award — Fiction · 2000 · nominated
- Locus Award — Best Anthology · 1997 · nominated
- Locus Award — Best Collection · 1995 · nominated
- PEN/Faulkner Award — Fiction · 1995 · nominated
- Pulitzer Prize — Fiction · 1995 · nominated
- World Fantasy Award — Best Collection · 1995 · nominated
- Pulitzer Prize — Fiction · 1993 · nominated
- National Book Award — Fiction · 1990 · nominated
- National Book Award — Fiction · 1972 · nominated
- National Book Award — Fiction · 1970 · nominated
- National Book Award — Fiction · 1969 · nominated
- National Book Award — Fiction · 1968 · nominated
Filmography10 titles
The Simpsons
Getting to Know You
Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind
We Were the Mulvaneys
Smooth Talk
Double Lover
Foxfire
Blonde
Blonde
Vengeance: A Love Story