Ursula K. Le Guin

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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.

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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 Theodora Kroeber
surface form: 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
University of Reading
familyName Alfred L. Kroeber
surface form: 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 self-link
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
surface form: Berkeley, California, United States
placeOfDeath Portland
surface form: Portland, Oregon, United States
religion agnosticism
residence Portland
surface form: Portland, Oregon, United States
series Earthsea
Hainish Cycle
sexOrGender female
spouse Charles Le Guin

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The Other Wind author Ursula K. Le Guin
The Left Hand of Darkness author Ursula K. Le Guin
The Dispossessed author Ursula K. Le Guin
The Lathe of Heaven author Ursula K. Le Guin
The Word for World Is Forest author Ursula K. Le Guin
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas author Ursula K. Le Guin
Rocannon's World author Ursula K. Le Guin
Planet of Exile author Ursula K. Le Guin
City of Illusions author Ursula K. Le Guin
Always Coming Home author Ursula K. Le Guin
The Beginning Place author Ursula K. Le Guin
The Eye of the Heron author Ursula K. Le Guin
Four Ways to Forgiveness author Ursula K. Le Guin
The Telling author Ursula K. Le Guin
Lavinia author Ursula K. Le Guin
Hainish Cycle creator Ursula K. Le Guin
Tales from Earthsea author Ursula K. Le Guin
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Earthsea creator Ursula K. Le Guin
Earthsea author Ursula K. Le Guin