어슐러 르 귄

소개

어슐러 크로버 르귄(영어: Ursula Kroeber Le Guin 어설라 크로버 러귄[*], 영어 발음: /ˈɜrsələ ˈkroʊbər ləˈɡwɪn/, 1929년 10월 21일 ~ 2018년 1월 22일)은 미국의 SF·판타지 작가이다. 주로 소설과, 시와 동화를 썼으며, 과학소설, 판타지 소설과 기타 단편으로 유명하다.

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin 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". Le Guin said that she would prefer to be known as an "American novelist".