Chen Qiufan
Chen Qiufan | |
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陈楸 | |
Born | |
Other names | Stanley Chan |
Occupation(s) | Science fiction writer, scriptwriter |
Notable work | The Waste Tide |
Chen Qiufan (Chinese: 陈楸
Early life
[edit]Chen was born in Shantou, Guangdong, China in 1981.[1][2]
He graduated from Peking University in 2004[5] with dual bachelor's degrees in literature and fine arts, and pursued graduate studies in the Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) program of Hong Kong University and Tsinghua University. He later worked for Baidu and Google China.[6] In 2017, Chen quit his job to write full-time.[5]
Writing style
[edit]Chen's fiction, described as "science fiction realism", focuses on the internal struggles of individuals during times of accelerated change.[5]
Chen has become known for his use of AI-generated content in his stories. His story, "State of Trance," which appeared in Book of Shanghai, a 2020 short story collection, used automatically generated paragraphs based on his own writing. That story won him a literary prize in a contest moderated by an AI judge, over Nobel laureate Mo Yan.[5] He is currently working on a six-story collection about the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence.[7] Chen's collaboration with Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future, was published in September, 2021.[8]
Selected works
[edit]Novels
- The Waste Tide (
荒 潮 , 2013 in Chinese, translated by Ken Liu and published in English by Tor & Head of Zeus in 2019, Turkish edition was published in 2021. German, Spanish, Japanese, Russian editions are forthcoming) - AI 2041: Ten visions for our future《AI 2041:
預 見 10個 未來 新 世界 》 (2021, with Kai-Fu Lee) Ten short stories by Chen Qiufan and commentary by Kai-Fu Lee, about the impact that artificial intelligence technologies will have on our society in the next twenty years.
Short stories
- "The Tomb", 坟 (2004)
- "The Fish of Lijiang", 丽江
的 鱼儿们 (2006) - "The Year of the Rat",
鼠 年 (2009) - "The Smog Society", 霾 (2010)
- "The Endless Farewell", 无尽
的 告 别 (2011) - "The Mao Ghost",
猫 的 灵魂 (2012) - "The Flower of Shazui",
沙 嘴 之 花 (2012) - "The Animal Watcher" 动物观察
者 (2012) - " A History of Future Illnesses",
未来 病 史 (2012) - "Oil Of Angel",
天使 之 油 (2013) - "Balin",
巴 鳞 (2015) - "Coming of the light", 开光 (2015, offline 2012)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Liu, Ken (2016). Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation. Tom Doherty Associates. pp. 19–20. ISBN 978-0-7653-8418-8.
- ^ a b Feng, Emily (2018-04-19). "Chinese cult writer Chen Qiufan on pushing the boundaries of sci-fi". Financial Times. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ^ Li, Shiyu (2018-04-16). "Author Chen Qiufan on cyberpunk, realism and Chinese sci-fi". China Radio International. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ^ Rojas, Carlos; Bachner, Andrea (2016). The Oxford Handbook of Modern Chinese Literatures. Oxford University Press. p. 559. ISBN 978-0-19-938332-0.
- ^ a b c d Liu, Yi-Ling. "Sci-Fi Writer or Prophet? The Hyperreal Life of Chen Qiufan". Wired. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ Xu, Xiao (2018-10-28). "陈楸
帆 :科 幻 不 只 是 小 说". China Writers' Association. Retrieved 2019-02-06. - ^ Grogan, Bryan (April 28, 2020). "Sci-fi Writer Stanley Chen Qiufan on AI Collaborations and Idol Wars". RADII | Stories from the center of China’s youth culture. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ The New Statesman, 15–21 October 2021, Reviewed in short, Will Dunn, p. 41.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Qiufan Chen at Library of Congress, with 3 library catalogue records
- Chen Qiufan at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database