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All men were alien one to another, at times, not only aliens.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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Ursula K. Le Guin
Age: 88 †
Born: 1929
Born: October 21
Died: 2018
Died: January 22
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Feminist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Poet
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Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
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Berkeley
California
Ursula Kroeber
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin
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