Ursula K. Le Guin

(October 21, 1929 – January 23, 2018)

Ursula K. Le Guin, a United States pro writer of fantasy, was the first woman to win the Best Novel Hugo — for The Left Hand of Darkness in 1970. She was GoH at the 1975 Worldcon, Aussiecon, the first woman to be so honored alone. (E. Mayne Hull in 1946, Leigh Brackett in 1964 and Juanita Coulson in 1972, were jointly gohs with their husbands.)

She was first published in the ’60s with more-or-less straightforward sf and the classic Earthsea Trilogy of YA fantasy books.

She admitted to having been an editor of Venom. She lived in Portland, OR.

• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
• Video of Aussiecon GoH speech.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1970 -- 1970 Best Novel Hugo
• 1972 -- Newbery Honor for The Tombs of Atuan
• 1973 -- 1973 Best Novella Hugo, National Book Award for Children's Books
• 1974 -- 1974 Best Short Story Hugo
• 1975 -- Aussiecon, 1975 Best Novel Hugo
• 1979 -- Gandalf Lifetime Achievement Award
• 1988 -- Mythcon XIX, Forry Award, 1988 Best Novelette Hugo
• 1989 -- Pilgrim Award
• 1990 -- Westercon 43
• 1993 -- ICFA 14
• 1994 -- Readercon 7
• 1995 -- World Fantasy Convention Lifetime Achievement Award, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
• 1996 -- WisCon 20
• 2000 -- Library of Congress Living Legends award
• 2003 -- SFWA Grand Master Award
• 2004 -- ALA's Margaret A. Edwards Award
• 2019 -- FOGcon 9
• Six Nebula Awards
• Many Locus Awards

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Person

1929—2018

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