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'''Ursula Kroeber Le Guin''' ([http://www.ursulakleguin.com/ ursulakleguin.com]) (born October 21, [[1929]] in Berkeley, California) is an American author of [[science fiction]], [[fantasy]], realistic fiction and poetry.
'''Ursula Kroeber Le Guin''' ([http://www.ursulakleguin.com/ ursulakleguin.com]) (born October 21, [[1929]] in Berkeley, California) is an American author of [[science fiction]], [[fantasy]], realistic fiction and poetry. Her parents were Alfred and [[Theodora Kroeber]], well-known anthropologists. Her mother wrote ''[[Ishi in Two Worlds]]'', a famous biography of a California Native American who lived with the Kroebers for some time during Le Guin's childhood. She lives with her husband, Charles Le Guin, in Portland, Oregon. One of their daughters, Elisabeth Le Guin, is a noted musician performing early music.  


She has won numerous awards, including four [[Hugo Award]]s and three [[Nebula Award]]s.
She is almost certainly the most famous feminist science fiction writer in the world, and one of the most famous and respected science fiction writers, period. She has won the [[World Fantasy Award]] life achievement award, the Science Fiction Writers of American Grand Master Award, and the Science Fiction Research Association Pilgrim Award. She is a living inductee of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. The [[Earthsea series]] was listed as #4 in the 1998 [[Locus Magazine]] all-time fantasy before 1990 poll, and ''[[A Wizard of Earthsea]]'' was listed as #3 in the 1987 Locus Magazine all-time best fantasy novel poll. Her novels ''[[The Dispossessed]]'' and ''[[The Left Hand of Darkness]]'' were both multiply honored.
 
Her breakthrough novel, ''[[The Left Hand of Darkness]]'' was an early treatment of a differently gendered society.
 
; See
* [[List of awards to Ursula K. Le Guin|Awards]]
* [[List of scholarship and criticism on Ursula Le Guin|Bibliography of scholarship and criticism]]
* [[Intertextual references to Le Guin or her works]]
* [[Quotes on Ursula K. Le Guin or her works]]


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==


Important sequences and series:
===Important sequences and series:===
* [[Earthsea series]]
* [[Earthsea series]]
* [[Ekumen series]]
** ''[[A Wizard of Earthsea]]'' ([[1968]], Parnassus Press), book 1
** ''[[The Tombs of Atuan]]'' ([[1971]], Atheneum), book 2
** ''[[The Farthest Shore]]'' ([[1972]], Atheneum), book 3
** ''[[Tehanu|Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea]]'' ([[1990]], Atheneum), book 4, winner 1991 Nebula Award, 1991 Locus Award, best fantasy novel
** ''[[Tales from Earthsea]]'' ([[2001]], Harcourt) [[Earthsea]], short story collection, book 5, winner 2002 Locus Award, best collection
** ''[[The Other Wind]]'' ([[2001]], Harcourt), book 5, winner 2002 World Fantasy Award
 
* [[Ekumen]] loosely related novels and stories set in one future history
** ''[[Planet of Exile]]'' ([[1966]], one-half of an Ace Double)
** ''[[Rocannon's World]]'' ([[1966]], one-half of an Ace Double)
** ''[[City of Illusions]]'' ([[1967]], Ace)
** ''[[The Left Hand of Darkness]]'' ([[1969]], Ace). Winner, 1970 [[Hugo Award];, 1970 [[Nebula Award]];  retrospective [[Tiptree Award]]; listed as #3 in the 1975 Locus Magazine all-time best science-fiction novel poll, #2 in the 1987 Locus Magazine all-time best science-fiction novel poll; #3 in the 1998 Locus all-time best science-fiction novel poll; Gaylactic Spectrum Hall of Fame novel
** ''[[The Dispossessed|The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia]]'' ([[1974]], Harper & Row), winner, 1975 Hugo Award, 1975 Nebula Award, 1975 Locus Award, 1993 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
** ''[[The Word for World Is Forest]]'' ([[1976]], Berkley), (originally published in ''Again, Dangerous Visions,'') edited by [[Harlan Ellison]], winner, 1973 Hugo Award
** ''[[A Fisherman of the Inland Sea]]'' ([[1994]], HarperPrism), short story collection
** ''[[Four Ways to Forgiveness]]'' ([[1995]], HarperPrism), short story collection, winner 1996 Locus Award, best collection
** ''[[The Telling]]'' ([[2000]], Harcourt), winner 2001 Locus Award
** ''[[The Birthday of the World and Other Stories]]'' ([[2002]], HarperCollins)
 
* [[Orsinia]]n series
* [[Orsinia]]n series
* [[Catwings series]]
** ''[[Orsinian Tales]]'' ([[1976]], Harper & Row), short stories
* [[The Western Shore series]]
** ''[[Malafrena]]'' ([[1979]], Putnam)


=== Novels ===
* [[Catwings series]] (children's books)
*''[[Always Coming Home]]'' ([[1985]], Harper & Row)
**''[[Catwings]]'' ([[1988]], Orchard)
*''[[The Beginning Place]]'' ([[1980]], Harper & Row; UK title: Threshold)
**''[[Catwings Return]]'' ([[1989]], Orchard)
*''[[City of Illusions]]'' ([[1967]], Ace) [[Ekumen]]
**''[[Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings]]'' ([[1994]], Orchard)
*''[[The Dispossessed|The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia]]'' ([[1974]], Harper & Row) [[Ekumen]]
**''[[Jane on her Own]]'' ([[1999]], Orchard)
 
* [[Western Shore series|The Western Shore series]]
** ''[[Gifts (novel)|Gifts]]'' ([[2004]], Harcourt), book 1
** ''[[Voices (novel)|Voices]]'' ([[2006]], Harcourt), book 2
** ''[[Powers (novel)|Powers]]'' ([[2007]], Harcourt), book 3, winner, 2009 Nebula Award
 
=== Novels not in series===
*''[[Always Coming Home]]'' ([[1985]], Harper & Row), originally packaged with cassette tape of music from the Kesh
*''[[The Beginning Place]]'' ([[1980]], Harper & Row; UK title: ''Threshold'')
*''[[The Eye of the Heron]]'' ([[1978]], in ''[[Millennial Women]]'', Delacorte Press (Dell Publishing))
*''[[The Eye of the Heron]]'' ([[1978]], in ''[[Millennial Women]]'', Delacorte Press (Dell Publishing))
*''[[The Farthest Shore]]'' ([[1972]], Atheneum) [[Earthsea]], book 3
*''[[The Lathe of Heaven]]'' ([[1971]], Scribner), winner 1972 [[Locus Award]]
*''[[Gifts (novel)|Gifts]]'' ([[2004]], Harcourt) [[Western Shore]], book 1
*''[[Very Far Away from Anywhere Else]]'' ([[1976]], Atheneum; UK title: ''A Very Long Way from Anywhere Else'')
*''[[The Lathe of Heaven]]'' ([[1971]], Scribner)
*''[[Lavinia]] ([[2008]]), winner, 2009 Locus Award
*''[[The Left Hand of Darkness]]'' ([[1969]], Ace) [[Ekumen]]
*''[[Malafrena]]'' ([[1979]], Putnam)
*''[[The Other Wind]]'' ([[2001]], Harcourt) [[Earthsea]], book 6
*''[[Planet of Exile]]'' ([[1966]], Ace Double) [[Ekumen]]
*''[[Rocannon's World]]'' ([[1966]], Ace Double) [[Ekumen]]
*''[[Tehanu|Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea]]'' ([[1990]], Atheneum) [[Earthsea]], book 4
*''[[The Telling]]'' ([[2000]], Harcourt) [[Ekumen]]
*''[[The Tombs of Atuan]]'' ([[1971]], Atheneum) [[Earthsea]], book 2
*''[[Very Far Away from Anywhere Else]]'' ([[1976]], Atheneum; UK title: A Very Long Way from Anywhere Else)
*''[[Voices (novel)|Voices]]'' ([[2006]], Harcourt) [[Western Shore]], book 2
*''[[A Wizard of Earthsea]]'' ([[1968]], Parnassus Press) [[Earthsea]], book 1
*''[[The Word for World Is Forest]]'' ([[1976]], Berkley) [[Ekumen]]


=== Short story collections ===
=== Short story collections not in series ===
''See also [[List of short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin]]''
''See also [[List of short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin]]''
*''[[The Birthday of the World and Other Stories]]'' ([[2002]], HarperCollins) [[Ekumen]]
*''[[Buffalo Gals, and Other Animal Presences]]'' ([[1987]], Capra Press)
*''[[Buffalo Gals, and Other Animal Presences]]'' ([[1987]], Capra Press)
*''[[Changing Planes]]'' ([[2003]], Harcourt)
*''[[Changing Planes]]'' ([[2003]], Harcourt)
*''[[The Compass Rose]]'' ([[1982]], Harper & Row)
*''[[The Compass Rose]]'' ([[1982]], Harper & Row)
*''[[A Fisherman of the Inland Sea]]'' ([[1994]], HarperPrism) [[Ekumen]]
*''[[Four Ways to Forgiveness]]'' ([[1995]], HarperPrism) [[Ekumen]]
*''[[Orsinian Tales]]'' ([[1976]], Harper & Row)
*''[[Searoad|Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand]]'' ([[1991]], HarperCollins)
*''[[Searoad|Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand]]'' ([[1991]], HarperCollins)
*''[[Tales from Earthsea]]'' ([[2001]], Harcourt) [[Earthsea]], book 5
*''[[The Wind's Twelve Quarters]]'' ([[1975]], Harper & Row), includes both [[Earthsea]] and [[Ekumen]] stories
*''[[The Wind's Twelve Quarters]]'' ([[1975]], Harper & Row) [[Earthsea]] and [[Ekumen]]
*''[[Unlocking the Air and Other Stories]]'' ([[1996]], HarperCollins)
*''[[Unlocking the Air and Other Stories]]'' ([[1996]], HarperCollins)


=== Children's books ===
=== Children's books not in series===
*''[[Catwings]]'' ([[1988]], Orchard)
*''[[Catwings Return]]'' ([[1989]], Orchard)
*''[[The Adventure of Cobbler's Rune]]'' ([[1982]], Cheap Street)
*''[[The Adventure of Cobbler's Rune]]'' ([[1982]], Cheap Street)
*''[[Fire and Stone]]'' ([[1989]], Atheneum)
*''[[Fire and Stone]]'' ([[1989]], Atheneum)
*''[[Fish Soup]]'' ([[1992]], Atheneum)
*''[[Fish Soup]]'' ([[1992]], Atheneum)
*''[[Jane on her Own]]'' ([[1999]], Orchard)
*''[[Leese Webster]]'' ([[1979]], Atheneum)
*''[[Leese Webster]]'' ([[1979]], Atheneum)
*''[[A Ride on the Red Mare's Back]]'' ([[1992]], Orchard)
*''[[A Ride on the Red Mare's Back]]'' ([[1992]], Orchard)
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*''[[Tom Mouse]]'' ([[2002]], Roaring Brook)
*''[[Tom Mouse]]'' ([[2002]], Roaring Brook)
*''[[A Visit from Dr. Katz]]'' ([[1988]], Atheneum)
*''[[A Visit from Dr. Katz]]'' ([[1988]], Atheneum)
*''[[Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings]]'' ([[1994]], Orchard)


=== Poetry collections ===
=== Poetry collections ===
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=== Non-fiction ===
=== Non-fiction ===
*''[[Dancing at the Edge of the World|Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places]]'' ([[1989]], Grove Press)
*''[[Dancing at the Edge of the World|Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places]]'' ([[1989]], Grove Press)
*''[[The Language of the Night|The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'' ([[1979]], G.P. Putnam; 1989, Women's Press; 2nd edition published in [[1992]] by HarperCollins)
*''[[The Language of the Night|The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'' ([[1979]], ed. [[Susan Wood]], G.P. Putnam; 1989, Women's Press; 2nd edition published in [[1992]] by HarperCollins)
*''[[Steering the Craft|Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew]]'' ([[1998]], Eight Mountain)
*''[[Steering the Craft|Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew]]'' ([[1998]], Eight Mountain)
*''[[The Wave in the Mind|The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination]]'' ([[2004]], Shambhala)
*''[[The Wave in the Mind|The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination]]'' ([[2004]], Shambhala), winner 2005 Locus Award, best nonfiction
*''[[Cheek by Jowl|Cheek by Jowl: Talks and Essays on How and Why Fantasy Matters]]'' (2009)
 
; See [[Essays by Ursula K. Le Guin]]


=== Translations ===
=== Translations ===
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*''[[Nebula Award Stories XI]]'' ([[1977]], Harper & Row)
*''[[Nebula Award Stories XI]]'' ([[1977]], Harper & Row)
*''[[The Norton Book of Science Fiction]]'' (with [[Brian Attebery]] & [[Karen Joy Fowler]], [[1993]], Norton)
*''[[The Norton Book of Science Fiction]]'' (with [[Brian Attebery]] & [[Karen Joy Fowler]], [[1993]], Norton)
=== Award-winning short fiction===
* "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" ([[1973]]), winner 1974 Hugo Award, best short story
* "The Day Before the Revolution" ([[1975]]), [[Ekumen]] story, prequel to ''The Dispossessed," winner, 1975 Nebula Award, 1975 Locus Award
* "The New Atlantis" ([[1975]]), winner 1976 Locus Award
* "Sur" ([[1982]]), winner 1983 Locus Award
* "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight?" ([[1987]]), winner 1988 Hugo Award, best novelette; 1988 World Fantasy Award, best novella
* "Forgiveness Day" ([[1994]]) [Ekumen]], winner 1995 Locus Award, 1995 Asimov's Magazine Reader Poll,
* "The Matter of Seggri" ([[1994]]), [[Ekumen]], winner 1995 Tiptree Award
* "Solitude" ([[1994]]), winner 1996 Nebula Award
* "Mountain Ways" ([[1996]]), winner 1997 Tiptree Award, 1997 Locus Award
* "The Birthday of the World" ([[2000]]), winner 2001 Locus Award, best novelette
* "The Bones of the Earth" ([[2001]]), winner 2002 Locus Award, best short story
* "The Finder" ([[2001]]), winner 2002 Locus Award, best novella
* "The Wild Girls" ([[2002]]), winner 2003 Locus Award, best novelette


=== Uncollected stories and essays ===
=== Uncollected stories and essays ===
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==Adaptations of works==
==Adaptations of works==
*[[The Lathe of Heaven (1980; PBS)]]
*[[The Lathe of Heaven (1980 TV)]]
*[[The Lathe of Heaven (2002; A&E)]]
*[[The Lathe of Heaven (2002 TV)]]
*[[Earthsea (2004; Sci-Fi)]]
*[[Earthsea (2004 TV)]]
*[[Tales of Earthsea (Studio Ghibli)]]
*[[Tales of Earthsea (Studio Ghibli)]]
*[[The Left Hand of Darkness (1994-95; Lifeline Theater, Chicago, IL)]]
*[[The Left Hand of Darkness (Lifeline Theater)]]
 


== Intertextual references ==  
== Further reading and listening==  
Le Guin's [[ansible]] technology (from the [[Ekumen universe]]) has been referenced in [[Orson Scott Card]]'s [[Ender's Game]].


== External links ==
; From Le Guin
*(en) [http://www.ursulakleguin.com Ursula K. Le Guin's website]
*(en) [http://www.ursulakleguin.com Ursula K. Le Guin's website]
*(it) [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin Ursula K. Le Guin's article at the Italian Wikipedia.org]
*(en) [http://www.ursulakleguin.com/MP3s/index.html a variety of works read by the author]
 
 
; References about Le Guin
*[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Ursula%20K.%20Le%20Guin Ursula K. Le Guin], ISFDB
*[http://www.librarything.com/author/guinursulakle Ursula K. Le Guin at LibraryThing]
*[http://www.librarything.com/author/guinursulakle Ursula K. Le Guin at LibraryThing]
*[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Ursula%20K.%20Le%20Guin Ursula K. Le Guin at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database]
*[http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit77.html#3061 Ursula K. Le Guin], Locus Index to SF Awards
*[http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit77.html#3061 Ursula K. Le Guin at the Locus Index to SF Awards]
*(en) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin "Ursula K. Le Guin"], Wikipedia (English)
*(it) [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin "Ursula K. Le Guin"], Wikipedia (Italian)


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Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (ursulakleguin.com) (born October 21, 1929 in Berkeley, California) is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, realistic fiction and poetry. Her parents were Alfred and Theodora Kroeber, well-known anthropologists. Her mother wrote Ishi in Two Worlds, a famous biography of a California Native American who lived with the Kroebers for some time during Le Guin's childhood. She lives with her husband, Charles Le Guin, in Portland, Oregon. One of their daughters, Elisabeth Le Guin, is a noted musician performing early music.

She is almost certainly the most famous feminist science fiction writer in the world, and one of the most famous and respected science fiction writers, period. She has won the World Fantasy Award life achievement award, the Science Fiction Writers of American Grand Master Award, and the Science Fiction Research Association Pilgrim Award. She is a living inductee of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. The Earthsea series was listed as #4 in the 1998 Locus Magazine all-time fantasy before 1990 poll, and A Wizard of Earthsea was listed as #3 in the 1987 Locus Magazine all-time best fantasy novel poll. Her novels The Dispossessed and The Left Hand of Darkness were both multiply honored.

Her breakthrough novel, The Left Hand of Darkness was an early treatment of a differently gendered society.

See

Bibliography

Important sequences and series:

Novels not in series

Short story collections not in series

See also List of short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin

Children's books not in series

Poetry collections

Non-fiction

See Essays by Ursula K. Le Guin

Translations

Collaborations

Edited anthologies

Award-winning short fiction

  • "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" (1973), winner 1974 Hugo Award, best short story
  • "The Day Before the Revolution" (1975), Ekumen story, prequel to The Dispossessed," winner, 1975 Nebula Award, 1975 Locus Award
  • "The New Atlantis" (1975), winner 1976 Locus Award
  • "Sur" (1982), winner 1983 Locus Award
  • "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight?" (1987), winner 1988 Hugo Award, best novelette; 1988 World Fantasy Award, best novella
  • "Forgiveness Day" (1994) [Ekumen]], winner 1995 Locus Award, 1995 Asimov's Magazine Reader Poll,
  • "The Matter of Seggri" (1994), Ekumen, winner 1995 Tiptree Award
  • "Solitude" (1994), winner 1996 Nebula Award
  • "Mountain Ways" (1996), winner 1997 Tiptree Award, 1997 Locus Award
  • "The Birthday of the World" (2000), winner 2001 Locus Award, best novelette
  • "The Bones of the Earth" (2001), winner 2002 Locus Award, best short story
  • "The Finder" (2001), winner 2002 Locus Award, best novella
  • "The Wild Girls" (2002), winner 2003 Locus Award, best novelette

Uncollected stories and essays

  • "Along the River" (1993, Omni Best Science Fiction Three)
  • "Earthsea Revisioned" (1993, Green Bay booklet)
  • "The Lost Children" (1996, Thirteenth Moon)
  • "The Ursula Major Construct: or, A Far Greater Horror Loomed" (1973, Clarion III)
  • "The Wild Girls" (2002, Asimov's)

Adaptations of works


Further reading and listening

From Le Guin


References about Le Guin


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