![]() ![]() The Left Hand of Darkness is considered “groundbreaking” for its nuanced exploration of gender. The novel won the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel, and Le Guin was the first woman to win either award. ![]() Her first major work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness, was published in 1969 and established Le Guin as an important author of Science Fiction. Le Guin published A Wizard of Earthsea, a fantasy novel, in 1968, which garnered critical acclaim. Le Guin’s writing career began in the 1950s, and she would continue to publish for nearly 60 years. Le Guin and her husband had three children together, and the family ultimately settled in Portland, Oregon after Charles Le Guin was awarded a position at Portland State University. While at work on her Ph.D., she received a Fulbright grant to study in France in 1953, and it was there where she met historian Charles Le Guin, whom she married in Paris later that year. Le Guin earned her Bachelor’s degree from Radcliff College and continued her studies at Columbia University, pursuing a Masters of Arts degree in French. Le Guin developed a love of reading at a young age, during which time she became acquainted with science fiction and fantasy writing through issues of Thrilling Wonder Stories and Astounding Science Fiction. She and her three older brothers grew up in Berkeley, California. Ursula Kroeber was born in 1929 to Alfred Kroeber, an anthropologist, and Theodora Kroeber, a writer. ![]()
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