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- Born: June 16, 1938
- Birthplace: Lockport, New York
- Literary Genre: Fiction
- Awards: Nominated for 3 Pulitzer Prize Nominations
- AKA: Rosamond Smith and Lauren Kelly
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Joyce Carol Oates is a world-renowned American author and is currently a humanities professor in the Art of Creative Writing at Princeton University. Oates is known for her novels and novellas, as well as for her short stories and plays. Some of her best known works include Big Mouth, Ugly Girl, Beasts and the short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?".
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Career
Joyce Carol Oates began her career at an early age (publishing her first novel at age twenty-six) and has published prolifically ever since. She is currently a professor at Princeton University and serves as an associate editor for the Ontario Review, which her husband edited for more than thirty years.-
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Joyce Carol Oates Questions
flauberts influence on Joyce was profound, but may not have been entirely salutary-which was Flauberts influence on Joyce 1 AnswerStudies have shown that there was a lot of technical intertextuality between Flaubert and Joyce. read more
Does anyone have the audio from the Carol Bartz conference call? 2 AnswersAn audio replay of the call will be available for one week following the conference call by calling (888) 286-8010 or (617) 801-6888, reservation number: 294765... read more -
Joyce Carol Oates Personal Timeline
- June 16, 1938: Born in Lockport, New York
- 1960: Graduates from Syracuse University
- 1961: Receives M.A. from University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 1968: Begins teaching at University of Windsor
- 1970: Wins National Book Award
- 1978: Begins teaching at Princeton University
- 1996: Bram Stoker Award
- 2001: Novel We Were the Mulvaney's chosen for Oprah's Book Club
- 2007: American Humanist of the Year



