Great Lives

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Great Lives: Ursula Le Guin nominated by Kate Stables

Ursula Le Guin nominated by Kate Stables

BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Ursula Le Guin nominated by Kate Stables

Kate Stables aka This Is The Kit picks the American writer Ursula le Guin

Ursula le Guin was born in California in 1929. Her books - including A Wizard of Earthsea and The Left Hand of Darkness - have been described as masterpieces but she battled prejudice all her life from the literary elite. Choosing her because she loves both Ursula's books and who she was is the British musician Kate Stables. She's speaking to Matthew Parris from Paris.  On the line from San Francisco is Arwen Curry - she knew the author and made the film The Worlds of Ursula K Le Guin with the strapline, A Wizard's Work is Never Done.

The producers in Bristol are Toby Field and Miles Warde

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