China Miéville
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English writer, critic, and activist (born 1972)
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China Tom Miéville FRSL (born 6 September 1972) is a British speculative fiction author, essayist, comic book writer, socialist political activist, and literary critic. He often describes his work as weird fiction and is allied to the loosely associated movement of writers called New Weird. Miéville has won numerous awards for his fiction, including the Arthur C. Clarke, British Fantasy, British…
Known for
- Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin — Self - Writer2018
- Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution — Self - Writer2017
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Key facts
- Born
- China Tom Miéville , ( 1972-09-06 ) 6 September 1972 (age 53) , Norwich , Norfolk , England
- Occupation
- Short-story writer, novelist, essayist and comic book author
- Education
- Clare College, Cambridge ( BA ) London School of Economics ( PhD )
- Period
- 1998–present
- Genre
- Urban fantasy Weird fiction Steampunk
- Literary movement
- New Weird
- Notable works
- Perdido Street Station (2000) The City & the City (2009) October: The Story of the Russian Revolution (2017)
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Described at
China Miéville - PathfinderWiki
pathfinderwiki.com →China Miéville is an award-winning English fantastic fiction writer. He is fond of describing his work as "weird fiction" and belongs to a loose group of writers sometimes called New Weird who consciously attempt to move fantasy away from commercial, genre clichés of Tolkien epigones. He is also active in left-wing politics as a member of the Socialist Workers Party. He has stood for the House of Commons for the Socialist Alliance, and published a book on Marxism and international law. He teaches creative writing at Warwick University. His first foray into the Pathfinder Chronicles campaign setting and game design itself took the form of a nation he contributed to the Guide to the River Kingdoms in 2010.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tom
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Norwich
- Occupation
- political scientist
- Employer
- University of Warwick
- Political party
- Socialist Workers Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Notable work
- Perdido Street Station
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Doctoral student
- Fred Halliday
- Official website
- chinamieville.net
- Image
- China Miéville side.jpg
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- influenced by
- Jonathan Swift
- Commons category
- China Miéville
- date of birth
- 1972-09-06
- name in native language
- China Tom Miéville
- member of
- Royal Society of Literature
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- described at URL
- pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/China_Mi%C3%A9ville
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Encyclopedic overview
China Tom Miéville (/miˈeɪvəl/ mee-AY-vəl, born 6 September 1972) is a British speculative fiction writer and literary critic. He often describes his work as "weird fiction", and is allied to the loosely associated movement of writers called New Weird.
Miéville has won multiple awards for his fiction, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award, British Fantasy Award, BSFA Award, Hugo Award, Locus Award, and World Fantasy Awards. He holds the record for the most Arthur C. Clarke Award wins (three). His novel Perdido Street Station was ranked by Locus as the 6th best fantasy novel published in the 20th century. During 2012–13, he was writer-in-residence at Roosevelt University in Chicago. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2015.
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