Zhang Ran (writer)

Zhang Ran (Chinese: 张冉; pinyin: Zhāng Rǎn, born 12 December 1981 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China) is a Chinese science fiction writer.[1][2]

Life

Zhang Ran completed a Master in computer science at Beijing Jiaotong University. After working in IT industry for a while, he became a reporter and message analyst at Economic Daily and China Economic Net. During that time, his new comments earned him a China News Award. His stories have furthermore won several golden and silver Nebula Awards as well as three Galaxy Awards for the best novelette. Zhang Ran owns a café and writes in his free time.[2]

Bibliography

  • Ether; (以太, yǐtài); published in Science Fiction World in 2012; published in English in the Clarkesworld Magazine in January 2015; winner of the Galaxy Award in 2012.[3] Ether depicts a setting in which disinformation nanobots can control light and sounds waves.[4]: 197  To rebel against "the disappearance of revolutionary spirit from the Internet," a "Finger Chatting Society" forms, the members of which communicate by drawing characters on to each other's hands.[4]: 197 
  • 起风之城, qǐ fēng zhī chéng ["The Windy City"], winner of the Galaxy Award in 2013.[3]
  • 大饥之年, dà jī zhī nián ["Year of the Great Famine"], winner of the Galaxy Award in 2014.[3]
  • The Snow of Jinyang (晋阳三尺雪, Jìnyáng sān chǐ xuě); published in New Science Fiction in January 2014, published in the anthology Broken Stars in April 2020.
  • An Age of Ice; published in Southern Weekly on 10 January 2016; translated in English by Andy Dudak[5] and published in the Clarkesworld Magazine in July 2017.[2]
  • Master Zhao: The Tale of an Ordinary Time Traveler; published in the Clarkesworld Magazine in December 2018.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Zhang Ran". 2022-09-12. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Zhang Ran". Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  3. 1 2 3 John Clute (2018-07-10). "Yinhe Award". "Science Fiction Encyclopedia", Dritte Edition. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  4. 1 2 Imbach, Jessica (2025). "Network Fantasies: Liu Cixin's China 2185, Digital Futurism, and History as Computer Code". Digital China: Creativity and Community in the Sinocybersphere. Routledge. ISBN 9781041178088.
  5. ↑ Dudak, Andy. "My Translation Work". Retrieved 2026-01-31.
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