Born: 21 October 1929 · Died: 22 January 2018 · Age at death: 88
How old was Ursula K. Le Guin when she died?
Ursula K. Le Guin died aged 88. She was born on 21 October 1929 and died on 22 January 2018.
American author of the Earthsea books, The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed, who made science fiction literature
Did you know?She attended the same high school as fellow writer Philip K. Dick, though they were in the same year but did not know each other.
Quick facts
Date of birth21 October 1929
Date of death22 January 2018
Age at death88
Cause of deathMyocardial infarction
NationalityAmerican
BirthplaceBerkeley, United States
Occupationnovelist, writer, screenwriter
Editor's Take:
Ursula K. Le Guin made science fiction and fantasy into serious literature. Her father was a famous anthropologist and her mother a writer, and both shaped her imagined worlds. A Wizard of Earthsea, from 1968, followed a young wizard learning the cost of power. The Left Hand of Darkness imagined a planet whose people have no fixed gender. The Dispossessed compared an anarchist society with a capitalist one. She won the Hugo and Nebula awards many times. She wrote with calm clarity about power, gender and ecology. She also translated the Tao Te Ching.
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.
Ursula K. Le Guin's birthday is October 21. She was born on October 21, 1929 in Berkeley, United States.
How old was Ursula K. Le Guin when she died?
Ursula K. Le Guin died on January 22, 2018, aged 88.
Who shares a birthday with Ursula K. Le Guin?
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