Joyce Carol Oates Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 12, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Joyce Carol Oates Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Joyce Carol Oates Facts

Full Name	Joyce Carol Oates
Birthdate	June 16, 1938
Birth Place	Lockport, NY
Age (in 2024)	86 Years Old
Zodiac	Gemini
Occupation	Novelist

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Joyce Carol Oates Age & Birthday

Joyce Carol Oates is best known as Novelist who has born on June 16, 1938 in Lockport, NY. Currently, Joyce Carol Oates is 86 years, 5 months and 26 days old. Joyce Carol Oates will celebrate 87th birthday on Monday, 16th of June 2025. Below the countdown to Joyce Carol Oates upcoming birthday.

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Joyce Carol Oates Biography

About

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).

Before Fame

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.

Trivia

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.

Family Life

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.

Associated With

She dedicated her serial killer-themed short story, Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?, to folk singer/songwriter Bob Dylan.

Top Asked Questions about Joyce Carol Oates

How old is Joyce Carol Oates in 2024?

Joyce Carol Oates is 86 years old today.

When was Joyce Carol Oates born?

Joyce Carol Oates was born on June 16, 1938 in Lockport, NY.

What is Joyce Carol Oates zodiac sign?

Joyce Carol Oates zodiac sign is Gemini.

What was Joyce Carol Oates best known for?

Joyce Carol Oates was best known as Novelist.

Fun Facts about Joyce Carol Oates's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Joyce Carol Oates's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Joyce Carol Oates was born on Thursday, 167^th day / 24^th week of 1938
Joyce Carol Oates has Gemini zodiac sign and Air element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Joyce Carol Oates birthday is XVI.VI.MCMXXXVIII
Joyce Carol Oates's birthstone is Pearl
Joyce Carol Oates's birth flower is Rose that symbolize love, gratitude & appreciation
Joyce Carol Oates age in year is 86 years old
Joyce Carol Oates age in month is 1037 months old
Joyce Carol Oates age in day is 31591 days old
Joyce Carol Oates age in hour is 758184 hours old
Joyce Carol Oates age in minute is 45491040 minutes old
Joyce Carol Oates age in second is 2729462400 seconds old
Next Joyce Carol Oates birthday is on Monday, June 16th 2025
Joyce Carol Oates age in next birthday (2025) is 87 years old
Learn more interesting facts about June 16, 1938 birthday

Historical Events on Joyce Carol Oates Birthday (June 16)

Below are historical events that coincided with Joyce Carol Oates's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1972	The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station.
1976	Soweto uprising: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
1977	Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
1981	US President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979-81; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.
1989	Revolutions of 1989: Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian prime minister, is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.
1997	Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.
2000	The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, 22 years after its issuance, and completely withdrew from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the Shebaa farms, which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.
2002	Padre Pio is canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
2010	Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.
2012	China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut Liu Yang, to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.
2012	The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.
2013	A multi-day cloudburst, centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.
2015	American businessman Donald Trump announces his campaign to run for President of the United States in the upcoming election.
2016	Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in Mainland China, opens to the public.
2019	Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the 2019-20 Hong Kong protests, the largest in Hong Kong's history.
1991	The birth of Siya Kolisi, South African rugby player
1991	The birth of Matt Moylan, Australian rugby league player
1992	The birth of Vladimir Morozov, Russian swimmer
1993	The birth of Park Bo-gum, South Korean actor
1993	The birth of Gnash, American singer, songwriter, rapper, DJ and record producer
1994	The birth of Grete-Lilijane Küppas, Estonian footballer
1994	The birth of Rezar, Albanian professional wrestler
1995	The birth of Euan Aitken, Australian rugby league player
1995	The birth of Akira Ioane, New Zealand rugby Union player
1995	The birth of Joseph Schooling, Singaporean swimmer
1995	The birth of Ki Hui-hyeon, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
1998	The birth of Karman Thandi, Indian tennis player
2000	The birth of Bianca Andreescu, Canadian tennis player
2002	The birth of Sam Walker, English-Australian rugby league player
2003	The birth of Anna Cathcart, Canadian actress
2012	The death of Jorge Lankenau, Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1944)
2012	The death of Sławomir Petelicki, Polish general (b. 1946)
2012	The death of Susan Tyrrell, American actress (b. 1945)
2013	The death of Sam Farber, American businessman, co-founded OXO (b. 1924)
2013	The death of Hans Hass, Austrian biologist and diver (b. 1919)
2013	The death of Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic (b. 1950)
2013	The death of Norman Ian MacKenzie, English journalist and author (b. 1921)
2013	The death of Ottmar Walter, German footballer (b. 1924)
2014	The death of Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (b. 1960)
2014	The death of Cándido Muatetema Rivas (b. 1960), Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
2015	The death of Charles Correa, Indian architect and urban planner (b. 1930)
2015	The death of Jean Vautrin, French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1933)
2016	The death of Jo Cox, English political activist and MP (b. 1974)
2017	The death of Helmut Kohl, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1930)
2020	The death of Eduardo Cojuangco Jr., Filipino businessman and politician (b. 1935)

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