刘慈欣

劉慈欣

LiúCíxīn

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Meanings

1 Liu Cixin (b. 1963)
2 Chinese science fiction author, best known for The Three-Body Problem

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刘慈欣是《三体》的作者。

Liú Cíxīn shì 《Sāntǐ》 de zuòzhě.

Liu Cixin is the author of The Three-Body Problem.

刘慈欣获得过雨果奖。

Liú Cíxīn huòdé guò Yǔguǒ Jiǎng.

Liu Cixin has won the Hugo Award.

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Best-known contemporary Chinese sci-fi writer. Won the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel for《三体》(The Three-Body Problem) — the first Asian author to do so. Before becoming a full-time author he worked as a computer engineer at a power plant in Shanxi. Netflix adapted his Three-Body trilogy in 2024 as '3 Body Problem'.

In Pop Culture

《三体》《Sāntǐ》

The Three-Body Problem

Liu's Hugo-winning novel and the first book of his Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy

《流浪地球》《Liúlàng Dìqiú》

The Wandering Earth

Liu's novella, adapted into the 2019 blockbuster that launched mainland Chinese sci-fi cinema

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