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.

Nonfiction

Prose

• The Language of the Night, 1979, revised edition 1992
• Dancing at the Edge of the World, 1989
• Steering the Craft, 1998 (about writing)
• The Wave in the Mind, 2004

Poetry

• Wild Oats and Fireweed, 1988
• Going Out with Peacocks and Other Poems, 1994

Translations

• Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching, a Book about the Way & the Power of the Way, 1997 (a translation and commentary) ISBN 1570623333
• Kalpa Imperial, 2003, from Angélica Gorodischer's Spanish original.
• Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral, from Gabriela Mistral's Spanish originals.

:See also: The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

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Le Guin is a prolific author and has published many works that are not listed here. Many works were originally published in science fiction literary magazines. Those that have not since been anthologized have fallen into obscurity.

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