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Chinese science fiction writer Hai Ya wins Hugo Award for best novelette
- Author of The Space-Time Painter becomes third Chinese writer to receive most prestigious international prize in sci-fi and fantasy
- He is honoured at ceremony during 2023 World Science Fiction Convention in southwest China’s Chengdu
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Science fiction writer Hai Ya has won the Hugo Award, becoming the third Chinese author to win the most prestigious international prize for the genre.
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Hai Ya, the pen name of the 33-year-old writer and financial services worker from the southern city of Shenzhen, won the best novelette award for The Space-Time Painter.
He was the second Chinese writer to win the award for best novelette – the category for short works between 7,500 and 17,500 words – after Hao Jingfang, who won the prize in 2016.
Hai received a trophy from Liu Cixin, China’s most famous science fiction author, on Saturday night at an awards ceremony on the sidelines of the 2023 World Science Fiction Convention in Chengdu, capital of the southwestern province of Sichuan.
“In my daily work, I count my time, I count my income, but I also remember to look up at the stars on my way home late from work,” Hai said, adding that winning the Hugo Award was a dream come true.
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“These used to be two parallel worlds that were unrelated and non-interfering with each other, but now in Chengdu, these two worlds have merged, and ideals have shined into my reality.”
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