He Xi

He Xi (Chinese 何夕, Pinyin Hé Xī; * December 1971 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China), born as He Hongwei (Chinese 何宏伟, Pinyin Hé Hóngwěi), is a Chinese science fiction author. He won the Galaxy Award fifteen times^[1] and is part of the „great four“ or „four heaven kings“ („本土科幻四大天王“) of Chinese science fiction (together with Liu Cixin, Wang Jingkang and Han Song).^[2] He is a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 2024.^[3]

After a comeback in 1998, He Xi officially changed his name from He Hongwei to He Xi. He (Xi) took the pun „今夕何夕“ (Pinyin jīnxī hé xī, Tonight: He Xi) from the Etsujin Song (Chinese 越人歌, Pinyin yuè rén gē) as basis and argued it better fits him wondering about the eternal flow of time („顺带抒发自己面对时间这个永恒命题时的迷惑“).^[4]

• 光恋, guāng liàn [„Light Love“], won second place at the Galaxy Award 1992.^[1]
• 电脑魔王, diànnǎo mówáng [„Computer Devil“], won third place at the Galaxy Award 1993.^[1]
• 小雨, xiǎoyǔ [„Little Rain“]
• 异域, yìyù [„Exotic“] (1999), won the Galaxy Award 1999.^[1]
• 爱别离, ài biélí [„Love is Over“] (1999), won the Galaxy Award 2000.^[1]
• 六道众生, liùdào zhòngshēng [„Six Feeling Beings“], published in 2001, won the Galaxy Award 2002.^[1]
• 伤心者, shāngxīn zhě [„The Heart-Broken“], published in 2002, won the Galaxy Award 2003.^[1]
• 天生我材, tiānshēng wǒ cái [„Innate Talent“], published in 2004, won the Galaxy Award 2005.^[1]
• 十亿年后的来客, shí yì nián hòu de láikè [„The Traveller from a billion years“], published in 2008, won the Galaxy Award 2009.^[1]
• 人生不相见, rénshēng bù xiāngjiàn [„No Sign of Life“], published in 2009, won the Galaxy Award 2010.^[1]
• 汪洋战争, wāngyáng zhànzhēng [„War on the Ocean“], published in February 2012 in Science Fiction World, won the Galaxy Award 2012.^[1]
• 浮生, fúshēng [„Levitating Life“], won the Galaxy Award 2017.^[1]
• Life Does Not Allow Us to Meet (2023), for the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 2024.^[3]