Liu Cixin

Chinese science fiction writer · China · Writers · Born 1963 · age 63

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Liu Cixin is a Chinese computer engineer and science fiction writer. In English translations of his works, his name is given as Cixin Liu. He is sometimes called "Da Liu" by his fellow science fiction writers in China.

A life in dates

2024“The glories and obstacles of the past are just a speck compared to the vastness of the future.”In their wordsThirty Years of Making Magic Out of Ordinariness (p. 42)Read the whole statement

“Of all the unexpected things that might interrupt Chinese science fiction’s development, social unrest has to be the most worrying.”In their wordsOn Finishing Death’s End (pp. 81-82)Read the whole statement

“The truth is that sci-fi and fantasy have many more similarities than differences.”In their wordsThe Battle Between Sci-Fi and Fantasy (p. 86)Read the whole statement

“Fantasy has been around since antiquity, and there’s been so much of it. The years have taken their toll and depleted some of its imaginative power.”In their wordsThe Battle Between Sci-Fi and Fantasy (p. 86)Read the whole statement

“Mind you, what we are discussing isn’t religion, per se, but religious feeling.”In their wordsThe “Church” of Sci-Fi (p. 91)Read the whole statement

“It is science fiction’s mission to broaden and deepen people’s minds.”In their wordsThe “Church” of Sci-Fi (p. 94)Read the whole statement

2021Seiun Award for Best Translated Long WorkAward2020Seiun Award for Best Translated Long WorkAward2017Ignotus Award for Best Foreign NovelAwardLocus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelAward2015Hugo Award for Best NovelAward1963Born23 June 1963

Also in Deutsch

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The Hugo Award trophy won by Liu

Liu at the Geek Bar Authors Event in 2015

In their own words 10

Liu Cixin

10 statements, newest first

The glories and obstacles of the past are just a speck compared to the vastness of the future.
2024, Thirty Years of Making Magic Out of Ordinariness (p. 42), Own words
Nostalgia ages people, but science fiction is a literature of youth. Its spirit is the youthful yearning for new worlds, and new ways of living.
2024, Thirty Years of Making Magic Out of Ordinariness (p. 42), Own words
Of all the unexpected things that might interrupt Chinese science fiction’s development, social unrest has to be the most worrying.
2024, On Finishing Death’s End (pp. 81-82), Own words

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Awards

Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work2021

Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work2020

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2017

Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel2017

Hugo Award for Best Novel2015

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Country

China

In common with Liu

Tom PelphreyAlso in Crazy Alien (2019)

Clara LeeAlso in The Wandering Earth II (2023)

Zhao JinmaiAlso in The Wandering Earth (2019)

Shen TengAlso in Crazy Alien (2019)Ng Man-tatAlso in The Wandering Earth (2019)

Wu JingAlso in The Wandering Earth II (2023)

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