Hao Jingfang
Hao Jingfang | |
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![]() Hao Jingfang in 2017 | |
Native name | 郝景芳 |
Born | (1984-07-27) July 27, 1984 (age 40) Tianjin, China |
Occupation | Economy researcher Novelist |
Language | Chinese |
Nationality | Chinese |
Alma mater | Tsinghua University[1] |
Genre | Science fiction |
Notable works | Folding Beijing |
Notable awards | Hugo Award for Best Novelette for Folding Beijing |
Children | 1, daughter |
Hao Jingfang (Chinese: 郝景芳; pinyin: Hǎo Jǐngfāng; born 27 July 1984) is a Chinese science fiction writer.[1] She won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette for Folding Beijing, translated by Ken Liu, at the 2016 Hugo Awards.[1]
Biography
Hao Jingfang was born in Tianjin, on July 27, 1984. After high school, she studied, then worked, at Tsinghua University, in the area of physics.[2] After noticing the economic inequality of China, she studied economics in Tsinghua University, obtained a doctoral degree in 2013, and worked as a researcher at China Development Research Foundation since then.
In 2002, as a high school student, she won the first prize at the 4th national high school "New Concept" writing competition (新概念作文大赛).[3] In 2016, she won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette for her work Folding Beijing.[4] She became the first Chinese woman to win a Hugo Award.[5]
Vagabonds was shortlisted for the 2021 Arthur C. Clarke Award.[6]
Personal life
Hao is married and has a daughter.[3]
Original works
Short stories
- The Last Brave Man (最后一个勇敢的人)
- Invisible Planets (看不见的星球) 2013 (Lightspeed Magazine)
- The New Year Train (过年回家)
Novella
- Folding Beijing (北京折叠) 2015 (Uncanny Magazine)
Novels
- Vagabonds (流浪苍穹). Head of Zeus. 2020 ISBN 978-1982143312.
- Jumpnauts (宇宙跃迁者). Head of Zeus. 2024 ISBN 978-1534422131.
References
- ^ a b c Wong, Catherine (August 21, 2016). "Chinese sci-fi writer beats Stephen King for top fiction prize". South China Morning Post. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
- ^ Tian Chao (2016-08-22). 郝景芳获雨果奖 刘慈欣:很难相信是她写的. Sina (in Chinese).
- ^ a b 郝景芳:不愿意给内心制造一个囚笼. Xdkb.net (in Chinese). 2016-08-28.
- ^ "Chinese sci-fi writer shortlisted for Hugo Award". Chinadaily. 2016-04-27.
- ^ "Female sci-fi writer wins Hugo accolade". Chinadaily. 2016-08-22.
- ^ "'The Animals in that Country' shortlisted for Arthur C Clarke Award". Books+Publishing. 2021-07-01. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
External links
- Hao Jingfang on Weibo (in Chinese)
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- "Rule 18" by Clifford D. Simak (1939)
- "The Roads Must Roll" by Robert A. Heinlein (1941)
- "Foundation" by Isaac Asimov (1943)
- "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett (1944)
- "First Contact" by Murray Leinster (1946)
- "The Little Black Bag" by Cyril M. Kornbluth (1951)
- "Earthman, Come Home" by James Blish (1954)
- "The Darfsteller" by Walter M. Miller Jr. (1955)
- "Exploration Team" by Murray Leinster (1956)
- "The Big Time" by Fritz Leiber (1958)
- "The Big Front Yard" by Clifford D. Simak (1959)
- "The Last Castle" by Jack Vance (1967)
- "Gonna Roll the Bones" by Fritz Leiber (1968)
- "The Sharing of Flesh" by Poul Anderson (1969)
- "Goat Song" by Poul Anderson (1973)
- "The Deathbird" by Harlan Ellison (1974)
- "Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W" by Harlan Ellison (1975)
- "The Borderland of Sol" by Larry Niven (1976)
- "The Bicentennial Man" by Isaac Asimov (1977)
- "Eyes of Amber" by Joan D. Vinge (1978)
- "Hunter's Moon" by Poul Anderson (1979)
- "Sandkings" by George R. R. Martin (1980)
- "The Cloak and the Staff" by Gordon R. Dickson (1981)
- "Unicorn Variation" by Roger Zelazny (1982)
- "Fire Watch" by Connie Willis (1983)
- "Blood Music" by Greg Bear (1984)
- "Bloodchild" by Octavia E. Butler (1985)
- "Paladin of the Lost Hour" by Harlan Ellison (1986)
- "Permafrost" by Roger Zelazny (1987)
- "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight" by Ursula K. Le Guin (1988)
- "Schrödinger's Kitten" by George Alec Effinger (1989)
- "Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another" by Robert Silverberg (1990)
- "The Manamouki" by Mike Resnick (1991)
- "Gold" by Isaac Asimov (1992)
- "The Nutcracker Coup" by Janet Kagan (1993)
- "Georgia on My Mind" by Charles Sheffield (1994)
- "The Martian Child" by David Gerrold (1995)
- "Think Like a Dinosaur" by James Patrick Kelly (1996)
- "Bicycle Repairman" by Bruce Sterling (1997)
- "We Will Drink a Fish Together..." by Bill Johnson (1998)
- "Taklamakan" by Bruce Sterling (1999)
- "1016 to 1" by James Patrick Kelly (2000)
- "Millennium Babies" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (2001)
- "Hell Is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang (2002)
- "Slow Life" by Michael Swanwick (2003)
- "Legions in Time" by Michael Swanwick (2004)
- "The Faery Handbag" by Kelly Link (2005)
- "Two Hearts" by Peter S. Beagle (2006)
- "The Djinn's Wife" by Ian McDonald (2007)
- "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang (2008)
- "Shoggoths in Bloom" by Elizabeth Bear (2009)
- "The Island" by Peter Watts (2010)
- "The Emperor of Mars" by Allen Steele (2011)
- "Six Months, Three Days" by Charlie Jane Anders (2012)
- "The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi" by Pat Cadigan (2013)
- "The Lady Astronaut of Mars", by Mary Robinette Kowal (2014)
- "The Day the World Turned Upside Down" by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated by Lia Belt (2015)
- "Folding Beijing" by Hao Jingfang (2016)
- "The Tomato Thief" by Ursula Vernon (2017)
- "The Secret Life of Bots" by Suzanne Palmer (2018)
- "If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again" by Zen Cho (2019)
- "Emergency Skin" by N. K. Jemisin (2020)
- "Two Truths and a Lie" by Sarah Pinsker (2021)
- "Bots of the Lost Ark" by Suzanne Palmer (2022)
- "The Space-Time Painter" by Hai Ya (2023)
- "The Year Without Sunshine" by Naomi Kritzer (2024)