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Zheng Wenguang

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Zheng Wenguang
Trịnh văn quang
Born9 April 1929
DiedJune 17, 2003(2003-06-17)(aged 74)
NationalityChinese
Occupationscience 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]

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  1. ^"China's Sci-fi Forerunner Dies at 74"People's DailyPublished June 17, 2003; Retrieved November 9, 2021
  2. ^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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