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Biography
Joyce Carol Oates is an American author, poet and playwright. She published her first book in 1963 and has since published 58 novels, as well as a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction.
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
1989as Joyce Carol Oates (voice)
1989as Joyce Carol Oates (voice)
Getting to Know You
1999Original Story
1999Original Story
Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind
2021as Self
2021as Self
We Were the Mulvaneys
2002Novel
2002Novel
Smooth Talk
1985Novel
1985Novel
Double Lover
2017Novel
2017Novel
Foxfire
1996Book
1996Book
Blonde
2022Novel
2022Novel
Blonde
Novel
Novel
Vengeance: A Love Story
2017Novel
2017Novel