Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (born October 21, 1929), is an American author. Although she has written novels, poetry, children's books, and essays, she is best known for her science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. Le Guin has lived in Portland, Oregon since 1958. The daughter of the anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber and the writer Theodora Kroeber, she is noted for her exemplary style and for her exploration of Taoist, anarchist, feminist, psychological and sociological themes.

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October 21 - 1929 - American - Novel - Poetry - Children's - Essay - Science fiction - Fantasy - Short stories - Portland, Oregon - 1958 - Anthropologist - Alfred L. Kroeber - Writer - Theodora Kroeber - Taoist - Anarchist - Feminist - Psychological - Sociological

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First published in the 1960s, she is now regarded as

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one of the best modern science fiction authors. She has received several Hugo and Nebula awards, and was awarded the Gandalf Grand Master award in 1979 and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Award in 2003.

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Hugo - Nebula - Gandalf Grand Master - 1979 - Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America - Grand Master Award

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