Ursula K. Le Guin in 2016. Photo courtesy of and copyright William Anthony.
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author whose body of work includes 23 novels, 12 volumes of short stories, 11 volumes of poetry, 13 children’s books, five essay collections, and four works of translation. The breadth and imagination of her work earned her six Nebula Awards, seven Hugo Awards, and SFWA’s Grand Master, along with the PEN/Malamud and many other awards. In 2014 she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2016 joined the short list of authors to be published in their lifetimes by the Library of America.
Read more about Ursula here.
News and happenings
The recipient of the 2023 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction will be announced in an online event on October 25th. Register for the event here; read about the prize and the shortlist here.
The Journey That Matters, a series of short films about Ursula by Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin director Arwen Curry, will appear on Literary Hub for six weeks, from September 13 through October 18. Watch all the shorts here.
The podcast series Crafting with Ursula invites writers to engage with Ursula's craft or craft advice in relation to their own work. The twelfth and final episode features Neil Gaiman on “Word Magic and the Power of Telling Stories.” Listen to all episodes here.
“Ursula K. Le Guin’s biography gets a publisher and a release date” by Amy Wang at The Oregonian
