Liu Cixin — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Received the 2015 Hugo Award for his novel The Three-Body Problem
Received the 2017 Locus Award for Death's End
Programmed "Electronic Poet," probably China's first poetry generator
Author of 'The Three-Body Problem,' first published in 2006, which sold 1,200,000 copies in China
Heads SenseTime's Science Fiction Research Planetary Centre (2021)
Graduated from the North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power in 1988

Biography

Liu Cixin is a Chinese computer engineer and acclaimed science fiction writer, born on June 23, 1963. He is a nine-time winner of China's Galaxy Award and has also received the 2015 Hugo Award for his novel "The Three-Body Problem," making him the first author from Asia to win Best Novel. His work "Death's End" earned him the 2017 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, and he is also a winner of the Chinese Nebula Award.