Zhao Haihong (; born 1977) is a Chinese

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

writer.

Life

Zhao Haihong was born in

Hangzhou Hangzhou, , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly romanized as Hangchow is a sub-provincial city in East China and the capital of Zhejiang province. With a population of 13 million, the municipality comprises ten districts, two counti ...

in 1977 and graduated from the foreign languages department of

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University (ZJU) is a public university, public research university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and D ...

. She currently teaches Anglo-American literature at

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Work

Zhao already started in high school to write her first short stories. Apart from

, she has also published a number of martial arts stories. For her science fiction stories, Zhao has received the Chinese Galaxy Award several times and her fans awarded her the unofficial title of "princess of Chinese science fiction." Zhao herself, however, stated that she found the labeling of "princess" problematic. Han Song proclaimed to be a fan of hers and praised her vivid literary style and her lifelike characters which he believes to be hardly matched in Chinese or international science fiction.

References

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