Ursula K. Le Guin

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author essayist fantasy writer human novelist poet science fiction writer short story writer translator

Ursula K. Le Guin was a highly influential American author best known for her imaginative and socially insightful science fiction and fantasy works, including the Earthsea series and the Hainish Cycle.

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author → essayist → fantasy writer → human → novelist → poet → science fiction writer → short story writer → translator →
awardReceived	Hugo Award → Library of Congress Living Legend → Locus Award → National Book Award for Young People's Literature → Nebula Award → SFWA Grand Master Award → World Fantasy Award →
birthName	Ursula Kroeber →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1929-10-21 →
dateOfDeath	2018-01-22 →
educatedAt	Columbia University → Radcliffe College →
employer	Portland State University NERFINISHED → University of Reading NERFINISHED →
familyName	Kroeber →
fieldOfWork	children's literature → fantasy literature → science fiction → speculative fiction →
genre	children's literature → fantasy → science fiction → speculative fiction →
givenName	Ursula →
influenced	Ann Leckie → David Mitchell → N. K. Jemisin → Neil Gaiman →
influencedBy	J. R. R. Tolkien → Philip K. Dick →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	feminist science fiction →
name	Ursula K. Le Guin →
nationality	American →
notableIdea	anthropological approach to speculative fiction → exploration of gender in science fiction →
notableWork	A Wizard of Earthsea → Always Coming Home → City of Illusions → Four Ways to Forgiveness → Lavinia → Planet of Exile → Rocannon's World → Tales from Earthsea → Tehanu → The Beginning Place → The Dispossessed → The Eye of the Heron → The Farthest Shore → The Lathe of Heaven → The Left Hand of Darkness → The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas → The Other Wind → The Telling → The Tombs of Atuan → The Word for World Is Forest →
numberOfChildren	3 →
occupation	university teacher → writer →
placeOfBirth	Berkeley, California, United States →
placeOfDeath	Portland, Oregon, United States →
religion	agnosticism →
residence	Portland, Oregon, United States →
series	Earthsea → Hainish Cycle →
sexOrGender	female →
spouse	Charles Le Guin →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alfred L. Kroeber →	child
The Viking Press →	hasAuthorPublished
Guests of Honor →	hasNotableExample
Solstice Award →	hasRecipient
Alfred L. Kroeber →	influenced
Ursula K. Le Guin →	name
Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame induction →	notableInductee
World Fantasy Award →	notableRecipient