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Greg Egan
Australian science fiction writer and former computer programmer
Also known as Gregory Mark Egan
- Born
- August 20, 1961
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-27
- 2.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in NooSFereRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature
- August 20, 1961
- Birthplace
- Perth
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Sources- 1.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2026-04-11
- Perth
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- writer
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Sources- 1.Stated in Google Booksbooks.google.com/books/about/Mammoth_Books_presents_Wang_s_Carpets.html?id=kYJuoSRqs4cC
- 2.sfsite.com/09a/cy303.htm
- 3.Stated in subreddit
- 4.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2026-04-11
- writer
- Education
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- English
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in CONOR.SI
- English
Overview
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Positions, education, employers and awards over time
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- Website
- gregegan.net language: English · web feed url: gregegan.net
- Awards
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story(May 2010) for work: Oceanic · together with: Ted Chiang · follows: Neil Gaiman
- Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel(2010) for work: Diaspora
- Seiun Award for Best Translated Short Story(2010) for work: Dark Integers
- Q130744609(2010) for work: Oceanic
- Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work(2006) for work: Diaspora
- Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work(2005) for work: Distress
- Seiun Award for Best Translated Short Story(2003) for work: Luminous
- Seiun Award for Best Translated Short Story(2002) for work: Reasons to Be Cheerful
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- Seiun Award for Best Translated Short Story(2001) for work: Oceanic
- Premio Gigamesh(2000) for work: Quarantine
- Locus Award for Best Novelette(2000) for work: Border Guards · together with: Stephen Baxter · follows: Bruce Sterling, Greg Egan
- Hugo Award for Best Novella(1999) for work: Oceanic · follows: Allen Steele · followed by: Connie Willis
- Locus Award for Best Novella(1999) for work: Oceanic · follows: Allen Steele · followed by: Dan Simmons
- Premio Gigamesh(1999) for work: Permutation City
- John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel(1995) for work: Permutation City
- Ditmar Award
- Hayakawa Award
- Locus Award for Best Novelette(1999) for work: The Planck Dive · together with: Bruce Sterling · follows: Connie Willis
- Nominations
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel(2024) for work: Scale
- Locus Award for Best Novelette(2023) for work: Solidity
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel(2022) for work: The Book of All Skies
- Locus Award for Best Novella(2022) for work: Sleep and the Soul
- Locus Award for Best Novella(2021) for work: Dispersion
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel(2020) for work: Perihelion Summer
- Locus Award for Best Collection(2020) for work: The Best of Greg Egan
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- Locus Award for Best Novelette(2019) for work: The Nearest
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- Locus Award for Best Novelette(2018) for work: Uncanny Valley, The Discrete Charm of the Turing Machine
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- Locus Award for Best Novelette(2018) for work: The Discrete Charm of the Turing Machine
- Theodore Sturgeon Award(2018) for work: The Discrete Charm of the Turing Machine
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Sources- 1.sfadb.com/Theodore_Sturgeon_Memorial_Award_2018Retrieved 2025-07-04
- BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction(2017) for work: Uncanny Valley
- Locus Award for Best Novella(2016) for work: The Four Thousand, The Eight Hundred
- Theodore Sturgeon Award(2016) for work: The Four Thousand, The Eight Hundred
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Sources- 1.sfadb.com/Theodore_Sturgeon_Memorial_Award_2016Retrieved 2025-07-04
- Locus Award for Best Novelette(2015) for work: Seventh Sight, Shadow Flock
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- Locus Award for Best Novelette(2015) for work: Shadow Flock
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel(2014) for work: The Arrows of Time
- Locus Award for Best Novelette(2014) for work: Zero for Conduct
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel(2013) for work: The Eternal Flame
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel(2012) for work: The Clockwork Rocket
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel(2011) for work: Zendegi
- Locus Award for Best Novella(2010) for work: Hot Rock
- Locus Award for Best Collection(2010) for work: Oceanic
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- Locus Award for Best Novelette(2009) for work: Lost Continent, Crystal Nights
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- Locus Award for Best Novelette(2009) for work: Crystal Nights
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story(2009) for work: Luminous
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel(2009) for work: Incandescence
- Locus Award for Best Collection(2009) for work: Dark Integers and Other Stories
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- Hugo Award for Best Novelette(2008) for work: Dark Integers, Glory
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Sources- 1.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2008-hugo-awards/Retrieved 2025-06-25
- Locus Award for Best Novelette(2008) for work: Dark Integers, Glory
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- Locus Award for Best Novelette(2008) for work: Glory
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story(2008) for work: Axiomatic
- Hugo Award for Best Novelette(2008) for work: Glory
- BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction(2008) for work: Crystal Nights
- Locus Award for Best Novella(2007) for work: Riding the Crocodile
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel(2003) for work: Schild's Ladder
- Locus Award for Best Novella(2003) for work: Singleton
- Theodore Sturgeon Award(2003) for work: Singleton
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Sources- 1.sfadb.com/Theodore_Sturgeon_Memorial_Award_2003Retrieved 2025-07-04
- BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction(2002) for work: Singleton
- Hugo Award for Best Novella(2001) for work: Oracle
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Sources- 1.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2001-hugo-awards/Retrieved 2025-06-24
- Locus Award for Best Novella(2001) for work: Oracle
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel(2000) for work: Teranesia
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- Hugo Award for Best Novelette(2000) for work: Border Guards
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Sources- 1.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2000-hugo-awards/Retrieved 2025-06-25
- Hugo Award for Best Novelette(1999) for work: The Planck Dive
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Sources- 1.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1999-hugo-awards/Retrieved 2025-06-25
- Otherwise Award(1999) for work: Teranesia
- Locus Award for Best Collection(1999) for work: Luminous
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- Theodore Sturgeon Award(1999) for work: The Planck Dive
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Sources- 1.sfadb.com/Theodore_Sturgeon_Memorial_Award_1999Retrieved 2025-07-04
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel(1998) for work: Diaspora
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- Locus Award for Best Short Story(1998) for work: Orphanogenesis
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- Otherwise Award(1998) for work: Oceanic
- Locus Award for Best Novelette(1998) for work: Reasons to Be Cheerful
- Locus Award for Best Collection(1998) for work: Axiomatic
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- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel(1997) for work: Distress
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- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story(1997) for work: Our Lady of Chernobyl
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story(1997) for work: Transition Dreams
- Hugo Award for Best Novelette(1996) for work: Luminous, TAP
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Sources- 1.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1996-hugo-awards/Retrieved 2025-06-25
- Otherwise Award(1996) for work: Distress
- Hugo Award for Best Novelette(1996) for work: TAP
- Locus Award for Best Novelette(1996) for work: Wang's Carpets, Luminous
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- Locus Award for Best Novelette(1996) for work: Wang's Carpets
- Social media followers
- 20,105(February 10, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 815033787645972480
- 6,704(April 11, 2024) mastodon address: gregeganSF@mathstodon.xyz
- 6,608(March 16, 2024) mastodon address: gregeganSF@mathstodon.xyz
- 6,461(February 12, 2024) mastodon address: gregeganSF@mathstodon.xyz
- 17,502(January 27, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 815033787645972480
- 13,710(January 2, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 815033787645972480
On other databases
76 identifiers linking Greg Egan across the web's reference databases
- Amazon author IDB000AQ3HJA
- Apple Music artist ID264695403
- AustLit IDA27460
- Awards & Winners artist ID03bfv
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- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf11960250
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- DBC author ID87097968271061
- DDB person (GND) ID11365491X
- Domain namegregegan.net
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- FantLab author ID1203
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- GitHub accountnagegerg
- GND ID11365491X
- Goodreads author ID32699
- HAND ID06C5-9421-6AA1-2C53-84A6
- Hoopla artist ID1480329670
- IdRef ID070505705
- IMDb IDnm8533748
- Internet Book Database of Fiction writer ID465
- ISFDB author ID79
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- Libraries Australia ID36233678
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- Los Angeles Review of Books author IDgreg-egan
- Mastodon addressgregeganSF@mathstodon.xyz
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- NACSIS-CAT author IDDA12153188
- Namuwiki ID그렉 이건
- National Library of Greece ID192283
- National Library of Korea IDKAC200309478
- National Library of Lithuania IDLNB:Zmr;=CJ
- National Library of Poland MMS ID9810691048705606
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- Unz Review author IDEganGreg
- Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID11744
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- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJx8Fjyvf94RyBjr47BByd
- X (Twitter) usernamegregeganSF
- Yale LUX IDperson/2dd7f14d-567a-42ae-bc2b-14d3ff985aa2