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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 over a hundred short stories, in addition to poetry, literary criticism, translations, and children's books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ursula K. Le Guin has received more than 6,236,198 page views. Her biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). Ursula K. Le Guin is the 656th most popular writer (up from 693rd in 2019), the 675th most popular biography from United States (up from 771st in 2019) and the 67th 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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  • 64.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 79

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ursula K. Le Guin ranks 656 out of 7,302. Before her are Martin Amis, Eugène Sue, Ernest Thompson Seton, Giosuè Carducci, Ryszard Kapuściński, and Pietro Metastasio. After her are Camilo José Cela, Washington Irving, Frontinus, Ian McEwan, Isabelle de Charrière, and Aratus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Ursula K. Le Guin ranks 39. Before her are Rudolf Mössbauer, Lata Mangeshkar, Chet Baker, Hafizullah Amin, Zdzisław Beksiński, and Babrak Karmal. After her are Lennart Meri, Graham Hill, Richard E. Taylor, Bruno Cremer, Milorad Pavić, and Helmut Rahn. Among people deceased in 2018, Ursula K. Le Guin ranks 23. Before her are France Gall, Paul Bocuse, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Peter Grünberg, Hubert de Givenchy, and Billy Graham. After her are Burt Reynolds, Riccardo Giacconi, Lys Assia, Arto Paasilinna, Richard E. Taylor, and Jens Christian Skou.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ursula K. Le Guin ranks 675 out of 20,380. Before her are Irwin Rose (1926), Black Dahlia (1924), Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839), Michael Mann (1943), Donald Knuth (1938), and Charles H. Townes (1915). After her are Frances Farmer (1913), Washington Irving (1783), Linda B. Buck (1947), Nancy Pelosi (1940), John Browning (1855), and F. Murray Abraham (1939).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ursula K. Le Guin ranks 67. Before her are John Irving (1942), Louisa May Alcott (1832), Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875), Michael Crichton (1942), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), and Harper Lee (1926). After her are Washington Irving (1783), Irwin Shaw (1913), H. L. Mencken (1880), Truman Capote (1924), Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867), and Jack Vance (1916).

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