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¢) 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 (1929–2018), 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.