Joyce Carol Oates (Novelist ) was born in Lockport on a Thursday, June 16, 1938 🎈. Joyce Carol Oates is 86 years old. She is a Gemini ♊ and was born in the Year of the Tiger 🐅.
American author of numerous novels, short stories, plays, poems, and essays. She received the National Book Award for her 1969 novel, them, and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Black Water (1992), What I Lived For (1994), and Blonde (2000).
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| FULL NAME: | Joyce Carol Oates |
| BIRTH DATE: | June 16, 1938 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | Lockport |
| AGE: | 86 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | American |
| ETHNICITY: | Unknown |
| ZODIAC: | Gemini |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Tiger |
About
Joyce Carol Oates is a Novelist. Joyce was born in the 1930s, in the middle of the Silent Generation generation. Silent Generation are individuals born between 1925 and 1945. This generation is known for Jazz, Martin Luther King, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Malcolm X, Gone With The Wind, Mickey Mouse, Andy Warhol, Clint Eastwood, Bob Dylan. The Silent Generation has experienced critical historical events, including the Korean War, The Cold War, the McCarthy Hearings, and the Space Race.
She married Raymond J. Smith in 1961. Smith died suddenly of pneumonia in 2008, ending the couple’s nearly four decade-long marriage. In 2009, she married Charles Gross. Find out who is Joyce Carol Oates dating right now.
She began writing at age fourteen and was the first in her family to finish high school. She graduated at the top of her class at Syracuse University in 1960 and published her first novel, With Shuddering Fall, four years later.
DID YOU KNOW She received the 1967 O. Henry Award for her short story, In the Region of Ice. A decade later, she began teaching creative writing at Princeton University.
FACT She dedicated her serial killer-themed short story, Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?, to folk singer/songwriter Bob Dylan.
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Birthday
Currently, Joyce Carol Oates is 86 years old. Her next birthday is away. Joyce will celebrate her 87th birthday on a Thursday, June 16th. She shares a birthday with everyone who was born on June 16, 1938. Below is the countdown to her next birthday.
Zodiac
Joyce Carol Oates’s zodiac sign is Gemini. People born between May 21st and June 20th belong to the third sign in the zodiac, Gemini. Geminis are known for being curious, charismatic, extroverted, and clever. Aries & Leo are the most compatible signs for Geminis.
Famous Gemini celebrities are Kanye West, Angelina Jolie, Kendrick Lamar, Azealia Banks, Iggy Azalea, Natalie Portman, and Prince. Gemini ruling planet is Mercury. Astrologically, Mercury symbolizes communication. It is the closest planet planet to the sun.
Joyce Carol Oates was born in the Year of the Tiger. Tiger represents power and is considered the king of all beasts in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Tiger are outspoken, authoritative, have strong leadership qualities, and courageous. They can also sometimes be aggressive, arrogant, short-tempered, and anxious.
This year is the Year of the Dragon.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Joyce Carol Oates is a 86 years old Novelist, born in June, in the Year of the Tiger (1938), and is a Gemini. Her life path number is 7. Joyce’s birthstone is Pearl, Moonstone and Alexandrite, and her birth flower is Rose. You may also check out all famous birthdays in June or specifically birthdays on June 16.
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