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Ted Chiang
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American science fiction writer
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Ted Chiang is an American writer and computer scientist born in Port Jefferson, New York, in 1967. He attended Brown University and began his professional work period in 1990. Chiang writes in the science fiction genre and speaks American English. He identifies as an atheist.
His notable works include the stories "Tower of Babylon" and "Story of Your Life," as well as the collection *Stories of Your Life and Others*. Additional titles associated with him are *Sipure ḥayekha ṿa-aḥerim*, *Ted Chiang Bestselling 2 Books Set*, *The Year's Best Science Fiction Vol. 1*, *The Best of Subterranean*, and *The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Three*.
Chiang has received the Nebula Award for Best Novelette, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, the Nebula Award for Best Novella, and the Theodore Sturgeon Award. He has also been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novella, the Hugo Award for Best Novelette, the Locus Award for Best Novella, and the Locus Award for Best Novelette.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1967
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Sipure ḥayekha ṿa-aḥerim
- Ted Chiang Bestselling 2 Books Set
- The Year's Best Science Fiction Vol. 1
- The Best of Subterranean
- The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Three
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York, USA
Known for
- A Brief History of Time Travel — Self2019
- Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' — Self2017
via TMDB
Key facts
- Native name
- 姜峯楠
- Born
- 1967 (age 58 – 59), Port Jefferson, New York , U.S.
- Occupation
- Fiction writer technical writer
- Alma mater
- Brown University ( BS )
- Period
- 1990–present
- Genre
- Science fiction, fantasy
- Notable works
- ‟ Tower of Babylon ” (1990), ‟ Story of Your Life ” (1998), ‟ Hell is the Absence of God ” (2001), Stories of Your Life and Others (2002), ‟ The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate ” (2007), Exhalation: Stories (2019)
- Notable awards
- See list
- Traditional chinese
- 姜峯楠
- Simplified chinese
- 姜峰楠
- Hanyu pinyin
- Jiāng Fēngnán
- Bopomofo
- ㄐㄧㄤㄈㄥㄋㄢˊ
- Wade giles
- Chiang Feng -nan
- Ipa
- [tɕja ́ ŋ fə ́ ŋna ̌ n]
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Port Jefferson
- Occupation
- novelist
- Educated at
- Brown University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Genre
- science fiction
- Image
- Chiang, Ted (Villarrubia) (cropped).jpg
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Ted Chiang
- date of birth
- 1967-10-20
- name in native language
- Ted Chiang
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Ted Chiang (Chinese: 姜峯楠; pinyin: Jiāng Fēngnán; born 1967) is an American science fiction writer, whose work has won four Nebula awards, four Hugo awards, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and six Locus awards. He has published the short story collections Stories of Your Life and Others (2002) and Exhalation: Stories (2019). His short story "Story of Your Life" was the basis of the film Arrival (2016). He was an artist in residence at the University of Notre Dame from 2020 to 2021. Chiang is also a frequent non-fiction contributor to the New Yorker, where he writes on topics related to computing such as artificial intelligence.
Early life and education
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