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Ursula K. Le Guin

Writer / Screenwriter / Novelist / Poet / Author / Journalist | * 10/21/1929 († 88, 01/22/2018) | Berkeley, California (United States of America (USA))
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (née Kroeber; KROH-bər lə GWIN; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series. She was first published in 1959, and her literary career spanned nearly sixty years, producing more than twenty novels and over a hundred short stories, in addition to poetry, literary criticism, translations, and children's books. Frequently described as an author of science fiction, Le Guin has also been called a "major voice in American Letters". Le Guin said she would prefer to be known as an "American novelist". Le Guin was born in Berkeley, California, to author Theodora Kroeber and anthropologist Alfred Louis Kroeber. Having earned a master's degree in French, Le Guin began doctoral studies but abandoned these after her marriage in 1953 to historian Charles Le Guin. She began writing full-time in the late 1950s and achieved major critical and commercial success with A Wizard of Earthsea (1968) and The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), which have been described by Harold Bloom as her masterpieces. For the latter volume, Le Guin won both the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel, becoming the first woman to do so. Sev... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Science Fiction | Documentaries | Fantasy

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Awards & Nominations for Ursula K. Le Guin

Margaret Edwards Award Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame Grand prix de l'Imaginaire Hugo Award for Best Short Story Hugo Award for Best Novelette Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize Prometheus Award PEN/Malamud Award 3x Otherwise Award 3x Locus Award for Best Short Story 2x Hugo Award for Best Novel Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 4x Nebula Award for Best Novel Pilgrim Award World Fantasy Award—Life Achievement World Fantasy Award—Novella Hugo Award for Best Novella 2x Endeavour Award 2x Locus Award for Best Novel Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award Nebula Award for Best Novelette 2x Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Nebula Award for Best Short Story Newbery Honor World Fantasy Award—Novel Library of Congress Living Legend Fulbright Program 5x Locus Award for Best Collection Premio Gigamesh Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame Ken Kesey Award for Fiction Emperor Has No Clothes Award 2x Hugo Award for Best Related Work Ditmar Award Ignotus Award for Best Non-Fiction Book Rhysling Award National Book Award 3x Hugo Award for Best Related Work 6x Hugo Award for Best Short Story 7x Hugo Award for Best Novelette 4x Otherwise Award 13x Locus Award for Best Short Story 3x Hugo Award for Best Novel 3x Nebula Award for Best Novella 2x Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 6x Nebula Award for Best Novel 4x World Fantasy Award—Novella Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation 4x Hugo Award for Best Novella 2x National Book Award for Fiction 7x Nebula Award for Best Novelette 3x Locus Award for Best Novel 5x Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Nebula Award for Best Short Story Newbery Medal Pulitzer Prize for Fiction World Fantasy Award—Novel
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Movies with Ursula K. Le Guin as Actress(1)

as Herself - Writer2018 Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin

TV Shows/Series with Ursula K. Le Guin as Actress(1)

Movies with Ursula K. Le Guin as Crew(4)

Writing/Novel2006 Tales from Earthsea
Writing/Novel2002 Lathe of Heaven
Writing/Novel1980 The Lathe of Heaven
Writing/Writer1980 The Starlost: The Beginning

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Full Name: Ursula Le Guin
Born: Monday, 10/21 1929 (October) in Berkeley, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 01/22 2018 (January) in Portland (aged: 88)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Harvard University, Columbia University, Radcliffe College, Berkeley High School
Employer: University of California, Berkeley
Member of: Phi Beta Kappa Society, American Academy of Arts and Letters
Spouses (current/former): Charles Le Guin
Siblings: Karl Kroeber
Father: Alfred L. Kroeber
Mother: Theodora Kroeber
Influenced by/Role models: Virgil, Philip K. Dick, Virginia Woolf, Jack Vance, Carl Jung, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, H. G. Wells, Peter Kropotkin, William Shakespeare, Zhuangzi, Leo Tolstoy, J. R. R. Tolkien, Jorge Luis Borges, Emma Goldman, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Paul Goodman, Laozi
Other names for Ursula K. Le Guin (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ursula K. LeGuin"
"Ursula Kroeber"
Ursula K. Le Guin frequently works together with these people:
Arwen Curry (3x, Crew)
Goro Miyazaki (3x, Crew)
Tsukuru Takagi (2x, Crew)
Fred Barzyk (2x, Crew)
David R. Loxton (2x, Crew)
Atsushi Tamura (2x, Crew)
Aoi Teshima (2x, Crew)
Andy Mosse (2x, Crew)
Shuji Inoue (2x, Crew)
Junji Yabuta (2x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:248963, Added: 08/07/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024