Ursula K. LeGuin






Ursula K. LeGuin

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born
October 21, 1929

gender
female

place of birth
Berkeley, California, The United States

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Poetry, Children's Books


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Le Guin was born and raised in Berkeley, California, the daughter of the anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber and the writer Theodora Kroeber. Her father was granted the first Ph.D. in Anthropology in the United States in 1901 (Columbia University). She became interested in literature when she was very young. At the age of eleven she submitted her first story to the magazine Astounding Science Fiction (it was rejected).

She received her B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa) from Radcliffe College in 1951, and M.A. from Columbia University in 1952. She later studied in France, where she met her husband, historian Charles Le Guin. They were married in 1953.

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A Wizard of Earthsea A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, #1)
by Ursula K. LeGuin
avg rating 3.95 — 6,919 ratings — published 1968
48 editions
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The Left Hand of Darkness The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. LeGuin
avg rating 3.97 — 4,722 ratings — published 1969
43 editions
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The Tombs of Atuan The Tombs of Atuan (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 2)
by Ursula K. LeGuin
avg rating 3.98 — 3,979 ratings — published 1971
41 editions
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The Farthest Shore The Farthest Shore (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 3)
by Ursula K. LeGuin
avg rating 3.96 — 3,400 ratings — published 1972
43 editions
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The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous... The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
by Ursula K. LeGuin
avg rating 4.14 — 2,636 ratings — published 1974
34 editions
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The Lathe of Heaven The Lathe of Heaven
by Ursula K. LeGuin
avg rating 4.01 — 2,038 ratings — published 1971
20 editions
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Tehanu Tehanu (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 4)
by Ursula K. LeGuin
avg rating 3.74 — 1,934 ratings — published 1990
24 editions
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Tales from Earthsea Tales from Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 5)
by Ursula K. LeGuin
avg rating 3.91 — 1,328 ratings — published 1970
15 editions
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The Other Wind The Other Wind (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 6)
by Ursula K. LeGuin
avg rating 3.94 — 1,285 ratings — published 2001
18 editions
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The Earthsea Trilogy: A Wizard... The Earthsea Trilogy: A Wizard of Earthsea; The Tombs of Atuan; The Farthest Shore
by Ursula K. LeGuin
avg rating 4.18 — 981 ratings — published 1972
20 editions
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"Love doesn't just sit there like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new."
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"What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?"
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"We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel...is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become."
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