The exact cause of death has not been announced, but Le Guin’s son told the Times that his mother had been in poor health for months.
Le Guin earned a plethora of awards and honors during her writing career. In 1969, “The Left Hand of Darkness” won both the Hugo and the Nebula awards (which are considered the premier awards in that genre). She snagged both prizes again with her novel “The Dispossessed” (Harper & Row, 1974). Two more of her novels won the Nebula (most recently in 2008), for a total of four wins—more than any other author in that category. The National Book Foundation named her its 2014 Medalist for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2017 she was voted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Le Guin’s last book, published in December, was a collection of nonfiction essays titled, “No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017).
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