Le Guin, Ursula
Currently alive, at 78 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Authors
1929 – She was born on the 21st day of October this year in Berkeley, California, United States.
1951 - She received her B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa) from Radcliffe College this year.
1952 - She received her M.A. from Columbia University this year.
1953 - She later studied in France, where she met her husband, historian Charles Le Guin. They were married this year.
1958 –She has lived in Portland, Oregon since this year. She has three children and four grandchildren.
1969 - She became famous after the publication of her novel The Left Hand of Darkness, which won the Hugo and Nebula awards.
1979 - She has received several Hugo and Nebula awards. She was also awarded the Gandalf Grand Master award this year.
1980 - For television, The Lathe of Heaven has been adapted twice, by thirteen/WNET New York, with her own participation. And in 2002 by the A&E Network; while the first two books of the Earth sea trilogy were adapted into the miniseries Legend of Earth sea in 2004 by the Sci-Fi Channel.
2000 – She received the Library of Congress Living Legends award in the "Writers and Artists" category in April of this year for her significant contributions to America's cultural heritage.
2003 – She received the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Award this year.
2006 – She was honored by The Washington Center for the Book for her distinguished body of work with the Maxine Cushing Gray Fellowship for Writers October of this year.
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A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1) by Ursula K. Le Guin (Paperback - Sep 28, 2004) Often compared to Tolkien's Middle-earth or Lewis's Narnia, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea is a stunning fantasy world that grabs quickly at our hearts, pulling us deeply into its imaginary realms....  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hardcover - Apr 21, 2008) In a richly imagined, beautiful new novel, an acclaimed writer gives an epic heroine her voiceInThe Aeneid,Vergil’s hero fights to claim the king’s daughter, Lavinia, with whom he is...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Paperback - Jul 1, 2000) Genly Ai is an emissary from the human galaxy to Winter, a lost, stray world. His mission is to bring the planet back into the fold of an evolving galactic civilization, but to do so he must bridge... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (Mass Market Paperback - Dec 1, 1994) Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. he will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew by Ursula K. Le Guin (Paperback - Apr 1, 1998) Ursula K. Le Guin's extraordinary writing primer is full of charm, wit, and opinion. Le Guin likens writing to "steering a craft," and as one reads through this volume, one has the sense of floating... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The Lathe Of Heaven: A Novel by Ursula K. Le Guin (Paperback - Apr 15, 2008) Ursula K. Le Guin is one of science fiction's greatest writers. She is also an acclaimed author of powerful and perceptive nonfiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. She has received many honors,... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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