Xia Jia

Xia Jia, the pen name of Wang Yao, is exactly the sort of writer I find quietly thrilling. A physicist by first training who then earned a PhD in comparative literature at Peking University and now lectures at Xi'an Jiaotong University, she stands at the seam between hard science and literary feeling, and that vantage point shows in her fiction. As Chinese science fiction has surged onto the world stage, having a voice that fuses rigorous thinking with genuine lyricism feels essential rather than incidental. I would happily read far more of the futures she imagines, because few writers bridge those two worlds so naturally.

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Name (English)

Xia Jia

Name (Japanese)

夏笳

Reading

しあ・じあ

Born

June 4, 1984 (age 42)

Origin

Xi'an, People's Republic of China

Occupation

university teacher / science fiction writer / physicist / writer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rat

University

Peking University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xia%20Jia
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%8F%E7%AC%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8462477

Tags

• university teacher
• science fiction writer
• physicist

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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