Joyce Carol Oates

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essayist human literary critic novelist playwright professor short story writer

Joyce Carol Oates is a prolific American writer known for her psychologically intense novels and short stories that explore violence, identity, and the darker aspects of contemporary life.

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instanceOf essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
professor ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
awardReceived National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
National Humanities Medal ⓘ
O. Henry Award ⓘ
PEN/Malamud Award ⓘ
Prix Femina ⓘ
surface form: Prix Femina étranger
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1938-06-16 ⓘ
educatedAt Syracuse University ⓘ
University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
employer Princeton University ⓘ
University of Detroit Mercy ⓘ
familyName Oates ⓘ
genre Gothic fiction ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
givenName Joyce ⓘ
hasPseudonym Lauren Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rosamond Smith ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement postmodern literature ⓘ
name Joyce Carol Oates self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
notableFor prolific literary output ⓘ
notableWork A Bloodsmoor Romance ⓘ
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart ⓘ
Bellefleur ⓘ
Black Water ⓘ
Blonde ⓘ
Do With Me What You Will ⓘ
Mysteries of Winterthurn ⓘ
The Accursed ⓘ
The Falls ⓘ
The Gravedigger’s Daughter ⓘ
Them ⓘ
We Were the Mulvaneys ⓘ
Wonderland ⓘ
Zombie ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
professor ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lockport, New York ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Charles Gross NERFINISHED ⓘ
Raymond J. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingStyle psychologically intense ⓘ
writingTheme darker aspects of contemporary life ⓘ
identity ⓘ
violence ⓘ

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Shirley Jackson → influenced → Joyce Carol Oates ⓘ
Joyce Carol Oates → name → Joyce Carol Oates self-link ⓘ