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*************************************************** Ursula K. Le Guin selected as SFWA Grand Master *************************************************** It is my honor to announce that Ursula K. Le Guin, author of The Dispossessed, The Left Hand of Darkness, and the Earthsea tales, has been recognized as a SFWA Grand Master. The selection was made by the SFWA Board of Directors, in conjunction with the living past presidents of SFWA. Presentation of the award will be made during the Nebula Awards® Weekend in Philadelphia, April 18-20, 2003. Ms. Le Guin's career spans forty years, beginning with the publication of "April in Paris," in Fantastic (1962), and includes seventeen novels and numerous shorter works, as well as many poems and critical essays. Her work has won wide recognition, garnering, among others, the PEN/Malamud Award for Short Fiction, the James Tiptree Jr. Award, and the Sturgeon, as well as multiple Nebula and Hugo awards. Ms. Le Guin is the twentieth writer recognized by SFWA as a Grand Master. She joins Robert A. Heinlein (1974), Jack Williamson (1975), Clifford D. Simak (1976), L. Sprague de Camp (1978), Fritz Leiber (1981), Andre Norton (1983), Arthur C. Clarke (1985), Isaac Asimov (1986), Alfred Bester (1987), Ray Bradbury (1988), Lester del Rey (1990), Frederik Pohl (1992), Damon Knight (1994), A. E. van Vogt (1995), Jack Vance (1996), Poul Anderson (1997), Hal Clement (1998), Brian Aldiss (1999), and Philip Jose Farmer (2000).
Sharon Lee Posted January 7, 2003 |