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 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). He is a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 2024.

Biography
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“).