Ursula K. Le Guin: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Icon
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A prolific and influential writer of science fiction and fantasy, Le Guin has won many awards and been named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress. Le Guin will read from her work, followed by a question and answer session focused on issues of censorship and her contributions to the genre of science fiction.
This free talk is part of The Big Read: a month-long celebration of Ray Bradbury’s classic novel “Fahrenheit 451.” For a complete calendar of local Big Read events, visit www.eugene-or.gov/library or call Eugene Public Library at 541-682-5450.
Le Guin has published 21 novels, 11 volumes of short stories, four collections of essays, 12 books for children, six volumes of poetry and four of translation. Three of her books have been finalists for the American Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Among the many honors her writing has received are a National Book Award, five Hugo Awards, five Nebula Awards, and a PEN/Malamud Award. Additionally, she has been honored with the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Award, the Gandalf Grand Master Award, the Kafka Award, and a Pushcart Prize.
Most of her major titles have remained continuously in print, some for over forty years. Her best known fantasy works, the six “Books of Earthsea,” have sold millions of copies in America and England, and have been translated into 16 languages. Her first major work of science fiction, “The Left Hand of Darkness,” is considered epoch-making in the field for its radical investigation of gender roles and its moral and literary complexity. The range of her work is further illustrated in the span from the utopian fiction of “The Dispossessed” to the “Catwings” series for children to her translation of the “Tao Te Ching.” Her recent publications include “Lavinia,” “Cheek by Jowl,” and “The Wild Girls.” Forthcoming in 2012 will be “Finding My Elegy: New and Selected Poems.”
The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, co-sponsored locally by Eugene Public Library, Springfield Public Library, Lord Leebrick Theatre Company, National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, City of Eugene, University of Oregon Duck Store, Friends of Eugene Public Library, and Eugene Public Library Foundation.
