Zheng Wenguang
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Zheng Wenguang | |
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Trịnh văn quang | |
Born | 9 April 1929 |
Died | June 17, 2003 | (aged 74)
Nationality | Chinese |
Occupation | science fiction writer |
Zheng Wenguang(Chinese:Trịnh văn quang;pinyin:Zhèng Wén Guāng,9 April 1929 - 17 June 2003) was a Chinese science fiction writer.
Zheng was born inVietnam,but moved toChinain 1947. He was first published in 1954 and continued to write until a stroke in 1983.People's Dailystated in his obituary that he had to quit writing science fiction during theCultural Revolutiondue to official pressure.[1]
He also was a research fellow at theBeijing Astronomical Observatory.In the West he might be best known for the story "The Mirror Image of the Earth", which was reprinted in at least two anthologies.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^"China's Sci-fi Forerunner Dies at 74"People's DailyPublished June 17, 2003; Retrieved November 9, 2021
- ^Zheng Wenguang (1929-2003)ArchivedFebruary 22, 2015, at theWayback Machine,at SFWA.org; published June 21, 2003; retrieved July 31, 2014
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