Published 20:07 IST, December 12th 2020

Clothing brand approaches dead author for endorsement, manager's reply goes viral

An unidentified clothing brand recently made headlines after one of its representatives reached out to an American author for endorsement.

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An unidentified clothing brand recently me helines after one of its representatives reached out to an American author for endorsement. However, Ursula K Le Guin, who y approached h passed away two years ago. A screenshot of letter which was shared on social media has elicited amused responses from netizens. 

Le Guin, who is kwn for her works in speculative fiction, passed away in 2018. However, her Twitter and Instagram account is run by her literary estate. It was one of social media manrs from this estate who posted a picture of letter which he received. In a tweet, he also replied stating that it won’t work out w.

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“Hi Ursula, My name is Laura and I am He of PR at International brand! We came across your Instagram profile "ursulakleguin", and LOVE your style. We'd love to have you as one of our Brand Ambassors,” letter re.

post has gone viral on social media with over 41,000 likes and thousands of retweets. In comments section, netizens shared ir funny thoughts and opinions on viral post. "I love this response from Le Guin’s estate. He of PR might do better to pursue authors who are alive. Maybe company could design leggings with brownie baby bears and have you model m?," wrote a user. "Ursula this could be huge for you," joked ar Twitter user. 

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About Ursula Le Guin

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was an American author best kwn for her works of speculative fiction, including science-fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and Earthsea fantasy series. She was first published in 1959, and her literary career spanned nearly sixty years, yielding more than twenty vels and over a hundred short stories, in dition to poetry, literary criticism, translations, and children's books. Her famous works include Left Hand of Darkness, A Wizard of Earthsea, La of Heaven amongst ors. 

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20:07 IST, December 12th 2020