2021 Ursula Le Guin Forever First Class Postage Stamps

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A new stamp in the United States Literary Arts series will honor writer Ursula K. Le Guin. The nondenominated (95¡é) 3-ounce rate stamp will be issued nationwide July 27 with a first-day ceremony in Portland. Ore.

Le Guin is known as a pioneering and influential author in the field of speculative fiction. Although often categorized as a science fiction writer. she also wrote in other genres.

¡°The 33rd stamp in the Literary Arts series honors Ursula K. Le Guin (1929¨C2018). who expanded the scope of literature through novels and short stories that increased critical and popular appreciation of science fiction and fantasy.¡± the Postal Service said.

¡°In fiction informed by her lifelong interests in mythology. anthropology. feminism and Taoism. as well as through her wide-ranging translations. essays. poetry. and nonfiction. Le Guin demonstrated that no writer needed to be limited by the boundaries of any genre.¡±

The new horizontal-format stamp shows a portrait of Le Guin painted by Donato Giancola. based on a 2006 photograph.