Hao Jingfang Explained

Hao Jingfang
Native Name:	郝景芳
Native Name Lang:	zh
Birth Date:	27 July 1984
Birth Place:	Tianjin, China
Occupation:	Economy researcher Novelist
Language:	Chinese
Nationality:	Chinese
Alma Mater:	Tsinghua University
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Notableworks:	Folding Beijing
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Children:	1, daughter
Awards:	Hugo Award for Best Novelette for Folding Beijing

Hao Jingfang (; born 27 July 1984) is a Chinese science fiction writer.^[1] She won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette for Folding Beijing, translated by Ken Liu, at the 2016 Hugo Awards.^[1]

Biography

Hao Jingfang was born in Tianjin, on 27 July 1984. After high school, she studied, then worked, at Tsinghua University, in the area of physics.^[2] After noticing the economic inequality of China, she studied economics in Tsinghua University, obtained a doctoral degree in 2013, and has worked as a researcher at China Development Research Foundation since then.

In 2002, as a high school student, she won the first prize at the 4th national high school "New Concept" writing competition .^[3] In 2016, she won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette for her work Folding Beijing.^[4] She became the first Chinese woman to win a Hugo Award.^[5]

Vagabonds was shortlisted for the 2021 Arthur C. Clarke Award.^[6]

Personal life

Hao is married and has a daughter.^[3]

Original works

Novels

• Vagabonds (流浪苍穹). Head of Zeus. 2020 .
• Jumpnauts (宇宙跃迁者). Head of Zeus. 2024 .

Novella

• Folding Beijing (北京折叠), first published in Chinese in February 2014 in ZUI Found, first published in English in Uncanny Magazine in January–February 2015, later published in the anthology Invisible Planets,

Short stories

• The Last Brave Man (最后一个勇敢的人)
• Invisible Planets (看不见的星球), first published in Chinese in New Science Fiction in February–April 2010, first published in English in Lightspeed Magazine in December 2013, later published in the anthology Invisible Planets,
• "The New Year Train" (过年回家), first published in Chinese in January 2017 in ELLE China, first published in English in the anthology Broken Stars,
• "Qiankun and Alex" (乾坤和亚⼒), first published 2017 in Mirror of Man, later published in the anthology Sinopticon,

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chinese sci-fi writer beats Stephen King for top fiction prize. Catherine. Wong. August 21, 2016. August 21, 2016. South China Morning Post.
2. News: Tian Chao . http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/m/2016-08-22/doc-ifxvcsrm2147355.shtml?from=wap . zh:郝景芳获雨果奖 刘慈欣:很难相信是她写的 . Sina . 2016-08-22 . zh.
3. News: http://dz.xdkb.net/html/2016-08/28/content_440719.htm . zh:郝景芳：不愿意给内心制造一个囚笼 . 2016-08-28 . Xdkb.net . zh.
4. News: Chinese sci-fi writer shortlisted for Hugo Award . Chinadaily . 2016-04-27 .
5. News: Female sci-fi writer wins Hugo accolade. Chinadaily . 2016-08-22 .
6. Web site: 2021-07-01. 'The Animals in that Country' shortlisted for Arthur C Clarke Award. 2021-07-01. Books+Publishing. en-AU.