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Ursula K. Le Guin
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Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (født 21. oktober 1929, død 22. januar 2018) var en amerikansk forfatter som er mest kjent for sine bokserier om science fiction-universet Ekumen og fantasiverdenen Jordsjø.[25][26][27]
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Født | Ursula Kroeber 21. okt. 1929[1][2][3][4] ![]() Berkeley (California, USA)[1] | ||
Død | 22. jan. 2018[1][2][3][5]![]() Portland (Oregon, USA)[1] | ||
Beskjeftigelse | Skribent,[6] manusforfatter, oversetter, romanforfatter, lyriker,[7] forfatter,[8] litteraturkritiker, science fiction-forfatter, kvinnesaksforkjemper, barnebokforfatter, journalist, prosaforfatter | ||
Utdannet ved | Harvard University Columbia University (–1952) (akademisk grad: Master of Arts) Radcliffe College Berkeley High School | ||
Ektefelle | Charles Le Guin (1953–2018)[9][10][11] | ||
Far | Alfred L. Kroeber | ||
Mor | Theodora Kroeber | ||
Søsken | Karl Kroeber | ||
Nasjonalitet | USA[12] | ||
Språk | Engelsk[13][14][15] | ||
Medlem av | Phi Beta Kappa American Academy of Arts and Letters | ||
Utmerkelser | 53 oppføringer
Margaret Edwards Award (2004) (for: A Wizard of Earthsea, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, The Beginning Place, Tehanu)
Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame (1993) (for: The Dispossessed) Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire (2008) (for: Four Ways to Forgiveness)[16] Hugo Award for Best Short Story (1974) (for: The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas) Hugo Award for Best Novelette (1988) (for: Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight) Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize (1985) (for: Always Coming Home) Prometheus Award (1993) (for: The Dispossessed) PEN/Malamud Award (2002) Otherwise Award (1994) (for: The Matter of Seggri)[17] Locus Award for Best Short Story (1975) (for: The Day Before the Revolution) Otherwise Award (1996) (for: Mountain Ways)[18] Locus Award for Best Short Story (1983) (for: Sur) Locus Award for Best Short Story (2002) (for: The Bones of the Earth) Hugo-prisen for beste roman (1970) (for: The Left Hand of Darkness) Hugo-prisen for beste roman (1975) (for: The Dispossessed) Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2001) (for: The Telling) Nebula Award for Best Novel (1969) (for: The Left Hand of Darkness) Nebula Award for Best Novel (2008) (for: Powers)[19] Nebula Award for Best Novel (1990) (for: Tehanu) Pilgrim Award (1989) World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement (1995) Nebula Award for Best Novel (1974) (for: The Dispossessed) World Fantasy Award for Best Novella (1988) (for: Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight) Hugo Award for Best Novella (1973) (for: The Word for World Is Forest)[20] Endeavour Award (2002) (for: Tales from Earthsea) Endeavour Award (2001) (for: The Telling) Locus Award for Best Novel (1972) (for: The Lathe of Heaven) Locus Award for Best Novel (1975) (for: The Dispossessed) Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award (2003) Nebula Award for Best Novelette (1995) (for: Solitude)[19] Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1991) (for: Tehanu) Nebula Award for Best Short Story (1974) (for: The Day Before the Revolution) Newbery Honor (1972) (for: The Tombs of Atuan) Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2009) (for: Lavinia) World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (2002) (for: The Other Wind) Library of Congress Living Legend (2000–)[21] Fulbright-programmet Otherwise Award (1995) (for: The Left Hand of Darkness)[22] Locus Award for Best Collection (1976) (for: The Wind's Twelve Quarters) Locus Award for Best Collection (1983) (for: The Compass Rose) Locus Award for Best Collection (1996) (for: Four Ways to Forgiveness) Locus Award for Best Collection (2002) (for: Jordsjø-krønikene) Locus Award for Best Collection (2004) (for: Changing Planes) Premio Gigamesh (1984) (for: The Dispossessed) Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2001) Ken Kesey Award for Fiction (2014) (for: The Unreal and the Real)[23] Emperor Has No Clothes Award (2009) Hugo Award for Best Related Work (2017) Hugo Award for Best Related Work (2018) Ditmar Award Ignotus Award for Best Non-Fiction Book (2019) Rhysling Award National Book Award (1973) (for: The Farthest Shore)[24] | ||
Sjanger | Science fiction, fantasy, feministisk science fiction | ||
Debuterte | 1960-årene | ||
Aktive år | 1960-årene– | ||
Viktige verk | Jordsjø, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed, The Eye of the Heron, Malafrena, The Beginning Place, Always Coming Home, Annals of the Western Shore, Lavinia, Catwings, The Language of the Night, Dancing at the Edge of the World, Steering the Craft, The Word for World Is Forest | ||
Påvirket av | Vergil, Philip K. Dick, Virginia Woolf, Jack Vance, Carl Gustav Jung, Lord Dunsany, Herbert George Wells, Pjotr Kropotkin, William Shakespeare, Zhuangzi, Lev Tolstoj, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jorge Luis Borges, Emma Goldman, Alice i Eventyrland, Paul Goodman, Laozi | ||
Nettsted | https://www.ursulakleguin.com | ||
IMDb | IMDb | ||
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Med utsikt til Mount St. Helens fra vinduene sine i hjembyen Portland sendte Leguin helten sin, Ged, også kalt «spurvehauken», til en skole for trollmenn i et øyrike fylt av magi - 30 år før Harry Potter. Hun roser JK Rowling for å ha bidratt til fantasy, men synes Rowling kunne vært rausere mot sine forgjengere innenfor genren: «Jeg var vantro over anmeldere som syntes den første boken hennes var vidunderlig original. Hun har mange fortrinn, men originalitet er ikke blant dem. Det såret meg.» Både The left hand of darkness og The dispossessed vant Nebula- og Hugo-prisene.[28] The Lathe of Heaven fra 1971 legger handlingen til et dystopisk Portland, der en mann med evnen til å omgjøre sine drømmer til virkelighet, manipuleres på skjebnesvanger måte av en psykiater.[29]