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Joyce Carol Oates
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1938
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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About Joyce Carol Oates
Birth
1938
First book
1963
Years writing
63
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).
Joyce Carol Oates is a prolific American author with a bibliography spanning over 900 published works.
Her literary versatility has allowed her to excel as a novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and screenwriter.
Under the pseudonym Rosamond Smith, she has explored narrative facets distinct from her main body of work.
Her acclaimed novel Blonde remains one of her most recognized and critically analyzed pieces.
Beyond her creative output, she has dedicated much of her life to teaching and university academia.
