Literature & Ideas
Distinguished
Liu Cixin
born 1963
Science fiction writer of The Three-Body Problem
Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the China Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
The science fiction novelist whose Three-Body trilogy brought Chinese science fiction to readers around the world.
Liu Cixin worked as an engineer at a power plant while writing science fiction. The Three-Body Problem, published in China in 2008, became the first Asian novel to win the Hugo Award for best novel, in 2015.
The trilogy has sold millions of copies and has been adapted for television in China and the United States. His story The Wandering Earth became one of China's highest-grossing films.
The trilogy has sold millions of copies and has been adapted for television in China and the United States. His story The Wandering Earth became one of China's highest-grossing films.
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