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 USPS’s Ursula K. Le Guin stamp was released on July 27 with a first-day-of-issue ceremony at the Portland Art Museum. The Oregonian covered the event.
The BBC’s “Witness History” features Ursula in a new episode. (May 2021)
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