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Liu Cixin
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.
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culture · Chinese science fiction writer (born 1963) · science fiction writer · engineer · writer · also Liu Cixin, Cixin Liu, Liu Ci Xin, Da Liu, Big Liu, Daliu
Born 23 June 1963 · Q607588
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2026· 2 entries
“not what Chinese people care about”
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2025· 3 entries
Yahoo Finance: Science fiction writer Liu Cixin dissects the popularity of his epic work
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中国日报网: Liu Cixin dissects the popularity of his epic work
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China Internet Information Center: Liu Cixin's novels set for more screen adaptations
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2024· 1 entry
bleedingcool: 3 Body Problem: Netflix Releases Trailer for Liu Cixin-Inspired Series
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2021· 3 entries
Awarded Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work for The Dark Forest (2021).
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“s Science Fiction Research Planetary Centre. Computer programming Liu programmed”
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Liu announced that he would head SenseTime's Science Fiction Research Planetary Centre
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2020· 2 entries
Awarded Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work for The Three-Body Problem (2020).
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October Media announced another adaptation in the works
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2019· 1 entry
bleedingcool: "The Three-Body Problem": Liu Cixin's Epic Novel Becomes China's First Sci-Fi TV Series
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2017· 2 entries
Awarded Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel for The Three-Body Problem (2017).
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for Death's End (2017).
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2016· 1 entry
中国日报网: Writer Liu Cixin predicts sci-fi books will grow in China
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2015· 3 entries
Global Times: Liu Cixin becomes first Chinese to win Hugo Award for best novel
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scmp.com: Liu Cixin takes out top prize with story of an alien invasion during the Cultural Revolution
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Novel for The Three-Body Problem (2015).
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2012· 1 entry
The winner of the Nobel Prize of Literature, Mo Yan, acclaimed the remarkable originality of Liu Cixin
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2006· 1 entry
And translated to English in 2014, The Three-Body Problem was a major success commercially, becoming a best-seller in the United States after the release of its translation
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1985· 1 entry
Studied at North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power (1980–1985).
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1963· 1 entry
Born 1963-06-23.
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