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Ursula K. Le Guin

1929 - 2018

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Ursula Kroeber Le Guin ( KROH-bər lə GWIN; née Kroeber; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series. Her work was first published in 1959, and her literary career spanned nearly sixty years, producing more than twenty novels and more than a hundred short stories, in addition to poetry, literary criticism, translations, and children's books. Frequently described as an author of science fiction, Le Guin has also been called a "major voice in American Letters". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ursula K. Le Guin is the 97th most popular writer (up from 655th in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from United States (up from 675th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Writer.

Ursula K. Le Guin is most famous for her work in science fiction and fantasy. She is best known for her Earthsea series, which was published in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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Among writers, Ursula K. Le Guin ranks 97 out of 7,302. Before her are Kurt Vonnegut, Giorgio Vasari, Milan Kundera, Heinrich Heine, Louisa May Alcott, and Erich Maria Remarque. After her are Isaac Asimov, Paulo Coelho, Virginia Woolf, Guy de Maupassant, Alexandre Dumas fils, and Miyamoto Musashi.

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Among people born in 1929, Ursula K. Le Guin ranks 9. Before her are Anne Frank, Yasser Arafat, Imelda Marcos, Audrey Hepburn, Lev Yashin, and Milan Kundera. After her are Bud Spencer, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Jürgen Habermas, Imre Kertész, Sergio Leone, and Ed Asner. Among people deceased in 2018, Ursula K. Le Guin ranks 5. Before her are Stephen Hawking, Aretha Franklin, George H. W. Bush, and Barbara Bush. After her are Kofi Annan, Charles Aznavour, Montserrat Caballé, Ingvar Kamprad, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Stan Lee.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ursula K. Le Guin ranks 83 out of 20,380. Before her are Barbara Bush (1925), Kurt Vonnegut (1922), Warren Buffett (1930), Louisa May Alcott (1832), Patrick Swayze (1952), and Charles Lindbergh (1902). After her are Helen Keller (1880), B.B. King (1925), Brigham Young (1801), Jack London (1876), Stanley Kubrick (1928), and Robin Williams (1951).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ursula K. Le Guin ranks 12. Before her are Mark Twain (1835), Robert Frost (1874), Toni Morrison (1931), George R. R. Martin (1948), Kurt Vonnegut (1922), and Louisa May Alcott (1832). After her are Jack London (1876), Stephen King (1947), Ezra Pound (1885), Dr. Seuss (1904), Henry David Thoreau (1817), and H. P. Lovecraft (1890).

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