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Ma Boyong (born 14 November 1980) is a Chinese novelist, columnist, and blogger. In the year of 2010, he won People's Literature Prize, one of China's most prestigious honors.


Works


The City of Silence

His short story''The City of Silence'' was translated into English by science fiction writer
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and appeared in the anthology '' Invisible Planets'' published by
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in November 2016. That translation is truer to the original author's intent then the Chinese version, which was self-censored. Ironically, the theme of that story is censorship; the setting of the Chinese version is fictional version of the New York City, while the English version takes place in a more neutral "Capital of the State", more easily invoking the comparison with China, that the author intended.


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