Tsinghua SEM Alumna, Science Fiction Author HAO Jingfang Won 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novelette

On August 20, 2016, Tsinghua SEM alumna, science fiction author HAO Jingfang (PhD 2008) won the 2016 Hugo Award, the biggest prize in science fiction and fantasy writing.

The recognition comes for her novelette “Folding Beijing”, which was translated by Ken Liu and originally published in the Jan/Feb 2015 issue of Uncanny Magazine, a sci-fi and fantasy website. A novelette is a short story between 7,500 and 17,500 words.

The other finalists for Best Novelette are: “And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead” by Brooke Bolander; “Flashpoint: Titan” by Cheah Kai Wai; “Obits” by Stephen King; and “What Price Humanity?” by David VanDyke.

HAO Jingfang has published two full-length novels, Wandering Maearth and Return to Charon; a book of cultural essays, Europe in Time; and the short story collection, Star Travellers. She was also nominated in 2014 for Best Short Story at the prestigious Chinese Nebula Awards.

HAO Jingfang gained her undergraduate degree from Tsinghua University’s Department of Physics and her PhD from Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management in 2013.

(edited by Li Huashan)