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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
Vajra Chandrasekera’s Rakesfall is the recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, announced on Tuesday, October 21 by guest host Ebon Moss-Bachrach. You can watch the Prize celebration on YouTube.
Museum exhibitions:
Open through February 8, 2026: A Larger Reality: Ursula K. Le Guin at Oregon Contemporary, Portland, Oregon
Opening November 21, American Prophets at American Writers Museum, Chicago, Illinois, features Ursula’s copy of the Tao Te Ching
A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel, adapted and illustrated by Fred Fordham, is now available from Clarion Books.
Literary Arts, in conjunction with the Le Guin family, announced the Ursula K. Le Guin Writers Residency, which will be in the family home. Associated Press story here.
