Ursula K. Le Guin in 2016. Photo courtesy of and copyright William Anthony.
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author whose body of work includes 23 novels, 12 volumes of short stories, 11 volumes of poetry, 13 children’s books, five essay collections, and four works of translation. The breadth and imagination of her work earned her six Nebula Awards, seven Hugo Awards, and SFWA’s Grand Master, along with the PEN/Malamud and many other awards. In 2014 she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2016 joined the short list of authors to be published in their lifetimes by the Library of America.
Read more about Ursula here.
News and happenings
Literary Arts, in conjunction with the Le Guin family, announces the Ursula K. Le Guin Writers Residency, which will be in the family home. Associated Press story here.
The Language of the Night, Ursula’s first nonfiction collection originally published in 1979, is back on shelves with a new introduction from Ken Liu, published by Scribner. B.D. Clay’s reissue review in the Washington Post here.
The recipient of the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction will be selected by authors Margaret Atwood, Omar El Akkad, Megan Giddings, Ken Liu and Carmen Maria Machado. Learn more abut the 2024 Prize here.
The Library of America’s new release of Five Novels in reviewed by Liz Braswell in the Wall Street Journal.
The Journey That Matters, a series of six short films about Ursula by Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin director Arwen Curry, appeared on Literary Hub. Watch all the shorts here.
