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Advanced English, Book Two, Unit Nine The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas  By Ursula Le Guin Menu Background Knowledge Ursula Kroeber: born on October 21, 1929. Her father, Alfred Kroeber, was an anthropologist, her mother, Theodora, a writer of childrens stories She has three children and two grandchildren. Main plots of her life --Ursula Le Guin was born Ursula Kroeber in 1929 in Berkeley, California.--Her parents are both distinguished professionals; her father, Alfred Kroeber, was an anthropologist and her mother, Theodora Covel Brown Kracaw Kroeber, wrote ISHI IN TWO WORLDS.--Even at a young age she has success writing Science-Fiction and Fantasy.--Le Guin attends Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she receives her B.A. in 1951.--Later attends Columbia University in New York City for completion of her masters degree in 1952. Main plots of her life --Ursula marries Charles A. Le Guin, a historian, in Paris in 1951. The couple has three children and two grandchildren.--Her first novel, PLANET OF EXILE, is published in 1966.--In 1968 she creates the land of EARTHSEA, the fantastic world that becomes the setting for her four most famous books. The tetralogy includes: A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA (1968); THE TOMBS OF ATUAN (1970); THE FARTHEST SEA (1978); and TEHANU (1990). The final book, after a twelve year hiatus, completes a set that she always felt was missing something in the first three books. Main plots of her life --Also in 1968, Le Guin receives the Boston Globe-Hornbook Award for juvenile fiction.--Receives the Hugo Award for her novel, THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS, in 1970.--Her childrens tale, THE FARTHEST SHORE, wins the National Book Award in 1973.--Another Hugo award is bestowed upon Ursula Le Guin for her book THE DISPOSSESSED: An Ambiguous Utopia in 1975. The most popular works: A Wizard of Earthsea (1968) The Tombs of Atuan (1971) The Farthest Shore (1972) The Dispossessed (1974