Liu Cixin

Biography

Liu Cixin is a Chinese science fiction writer. He is a nine-time winner of the Galaxy Award (China's most prestigious literary science fiction award), winner of the 2015 Hugo Award (for The Three-Body Problem) and the 2017 Locus Award (for Death's End) as well as a nominee for the Nebula Award. In English translations of his works, his name is given in the form Cixin Liu.

Awards & recognition

• ★Seiun Award — Best Translated Long Work · 2021
• ★Seiun Award — Best Translated Long Work · 2020
• ★Ignotus Award — Best Foreign Novel · 2017
• ★Locus Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 2017
• ★Hugo Award — Best Novel · 2015