Ursula K. LeGuin

Ursula K. Le Guin was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including the Earthsea fantasy series and novels set in her Hainish universe.

Ursula K. Le Guin’s most acclaimed works include the Earthsea fantasy series and the novel The Left Hand of Darkness, which won both the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel.

Ursula K. Le Guin’s writing was influenced by her background in cultural anthropology, Taoism, feminism, and the writings of Carl Jung, often featuring anthropologists or cultural observers as protagonists.

Ursula K. Le Guin’s writing explored social and political themes such as race, gender, sexuality, and coming of age, as well as alternative political structures and philosophies.

Ursula K. Le Guin was highly acclaimed, winning numerous awards including eight Hugos, six Nebulas, and twenty-five Locus Awards, and in 2003 she became the second woman honored as a Grand Master of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

Ursula K. Le Guin’s writing was enormously influential in the field of speculative fiction and has been the subject of intense critical attention, with many authors citing her as a major influence on their own work.

Ursula K. Le Guin was born on October 21, 1929, in Berkeley, California, to author Theodora Kroeber and anthropologist Alfred Louis Kroeber.