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
Ken Liu
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* '' The Paper Menagerie'' (2011 ...
and appeared in the anthology ''
Invisible Planets'' published by
Head of Zeus
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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.
Books series published
References
1980 births
Living people
Chinese science fiction writers
Schneider Electric people
Writers from Inner Mongolia
People from Chifeng
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