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Ted Chiang

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…

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Alma mater
Brown University (BS)
Bopomofo
ㄐㄧㄤㄈㄥㄋㄢˊ
Born
1967 (age 58–59) Port Jefferson, New York, U.S.
Genres
Science fiction, fantasy
Hanyu Pinyin
Jiāng Fēngnán
IPA
[tɕjáŋ fə́ŋnǎn]

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related to Reception · 18
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related to Philosophy · 11
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related to Film · 10
Ted Chiang → Amy Adams, Arrival, Chiang's, Denis Villeneuve, Directed, Eric Heisserer, Jeremy Renner, Story, The, Your Life
related to Lectures · 9
Ted Chiang → Center, Fiction, Future, July, Magic, MoMA PS1, Notre Dame Technology Ethics, November, Science
related to Awards · 4
Ted Chiang → Chiang, Documentary, Hugo, Liking What You See
Occupations · 2
Ted Chiang → Fiction writer, technical writer
Alma mater · 1
Ted Chiang → Brown University (BS)
Bopomofo · 1
Ted Chiang → ㄐㄧㄤㄈㄥㄋㄢˊ
Born · 1
Ted Chiang → 1967 (age 58–59) Port Jefferson, New York, U.S.

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Ted ChiangAlma materBrown University (BS)1.00infobox
Ted ChiangBopomofoㄐㄧㄤㄈㄥㄋㄢˊ1.00infobox
Ted ChiangBorn1967 (age 58–59) Port Jefferson, New York, U.S.1.00infobox
Ted ChiangGenresScience fiction, fantasy1.00infobox
Ted ChiangHanyu PinyinJiāng Fēngnán1.00infobox
Ted ChiangIPA[tɕjáŋ fə́ŋnǎn]1.00infobox
Ted ChiangNotable awardsSee list1.00infobox
Ted ChiangNotable 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) E…1.00infobox
Ted ChiangOccupationsFiction writer1.00infobox
Ted ChiangOccupationstechnical writer1.00infobox
Ted ChiangPeriod1990–present1.00infobox
Ted ChiangSimplified Chinese姜峰楠1.00infobox
Ted ChiangTraditional Chinese姜峯楠1.00infobox
Ted ChiangTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinJiāng FēngnánBopomofoㄐㄧㄤㄈㄥㄋㄢˊWade–GilesChiang1 Feng1-nan2IPA[tɕjáŋ fə́ŋnǎn]1.00infobox
Ted ChiangWade–GilesChiang1 Feng1-nan21.00infobox

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