1938 - Today
Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) 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 non-fiction. Her novels Black Water (1992), What I Lived For (1994), and Blonde (2000), and her short story collections The Wheel of Love (1970) and 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joyce Carol Oates has received more than 2,217,012 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Joyce Carol Oates is the 1,347th most popular writer (down from 1,176th in 2019), the 1,693rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,362nd in 2019) and the 161st most popular American Writer.
Joyce Carol Oates is most famous for her novels. She has written over 50 novels and short story collections.
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Among writers, Joyce Carol Oates ranks 1,347 out of 5,755. Before her are Chūya Nakahara, Aleksis Kivi, Thomas Moore, Nikolaus Lenau, Hartmann von Aue, and Jakob Wassermann. After her are Radoje Domanović, William Styron, Stig Dagerman, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, Samuel R. Delany, and Daniel Pennac.
1907 - 1937
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 1,341
1834 - 1872
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 1,342
1779 - 1852
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 1,343
1802 - 1850
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 1,344
1160 - 1210
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,345
1873 - 1934
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,346
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,347
1873 - 1908
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,348
1925 - 2006
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,349
1923 - 1954
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 1,350
600 - 624
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 1,351
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,352
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,353
Among people born in 1938, Joyce Carol Oates ranks 91. Before her are Leiji Matsumoto, Enrico Macias, Roland Topor, Jerry West, Olga Szabó-Orbán, and Giuliano Amato. After her are Tom Regan, Fela Kuti, Juliet Anderson, Josef Koudelka, Taha Yassin Ramadan, and Leonardo Boff.
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 85
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 86
1938 - 1997
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 87
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 88
1938 - 2022
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 89
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 90
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 91
1938 - 2017
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 92
1938 - 1997
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 93
1938 - 2010
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 94
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 95
1938 - 2007
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 96
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 97
Among people born in United States, Joyce Carol Oates ranks 1,693 out of 18,182. Before her are Sol LeWitt (1928), Edward C. Prescott (1940), John Sculley (1939), Lou Gehrig (1903), Caroline Kennedy (1957), and Eric Carr (1950). After her are Chris Evans (1981), William Styron (1925), Richard Serra (1939), John Backus (1924), Charles Mingus (1922), and Samuel R. Delany (1942).
1928 - 2007
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 1,687
1940 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 1,688
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 1,689
1903 - 1941
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 1,690
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 1,691
1950 - 1991
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,692
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,693
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,694
1925 - 2006
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,695
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,696
1924 - 2007
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 1,697
1922 - 1979
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 1,698
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,699
Among writers born in United States, Joyce Carol Oates ranks 161. Before her are Robin Hobb (1952), James Baldwin (1924), Henry Steel Olcott (1832), Robert Sheckley (1928), Don DeLillo (1936), and Robert Bloch (1917). After her are William Styron (1925), Samuel R. Delany (1942), James Oliver Curwood (1878), Edward Albee (1928), Norman Mailer (1923), and Diana Gabaldon (1952).
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 155
1924 - 1987
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 156
1832 - 1907
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 157
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 158
1936 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 159
1917 - 1994
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 160
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 161
1925 - 2006
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 162
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 163
1878 - 1927
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 164
1928 - 2016
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 165
1923 - 2007
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 166
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 167