Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

Purchase College Presents Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Viet Thanh Nguyen

Viet Thanh Nguyen is to speak at Purchase College with professor Usha Rungoo as a part of the Durst Distinguished Lecture series. Purchase College-SUNY will present the highly acclaimed author Viet Thanh Nguyen in Conversation with Purchase Professor Usha Rungoo on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. The program, which is free and open to the public, […]

Special Event | Language and Migration: Experience and Memory

Viet Thanh Nguyen will be giving a keynote lecture for the Language and Migration symposium at Princeton University. Language is a vital, but underexplored, factor in the lives of migrants, immigrants and refugees. It has a direct impact on the experiences and choices of individuals displaced by war, terror, or natural disasters and the decisions made by agents who provide […]

ACCENTEDiRL: “Tales from the Margins”

Viet Thanh Nguyen hosts ACCENTEDirl for DVAN with featuring authors from various Southeast Asian backgrounds. The Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) is collaborating with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American (APA) Center to host ACCENTEDiRL: Dialogues in Diaspora. This Spring 2021, ACCENTEDiRL will feature authors, artists, poets, and cultural producers across the Southeast Asian diaspora in a series […]

Book Club: Viet Thanh Nguyen shares his new spy story

Viet Thanh Nguyen will share insights on The Committed for LA Times‘ March Bookclub event. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s debut novel, “The Sympathizer,” introduced us to the “man of two faces and two minds,” a double agent living in Los Angeles after the fall of Saigon. Nguyen’s anonymous spy returns this week in “The Committed,” with a new life and adventures […]

The Committed: Viet Thanh Nguyen on Betrayal and Belonging

Viet Thanh Nguyen celebrates the release of The Committed with DVAN and the Bay Area Book Festival. The Bay Area Book Festival’s year-round author conversation series, Bay Area Book Festival #UNBOUND, is hosting the live, virtual launch event for Viet Thanh Nguyen’s forthcoming novel, The Committed, on Tuesday, March 2nd. DVAN is proud to be an official […]

ACCENTEDiRL: “A Night of Poetry”

Viet Thanh Nguyen hosts the first episode of ACCENTEDiRL for DVAN. The Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) is excited to announce its collaboration with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American (APA) Center to host ACCENTEDiRL: Dialogues in Diaspora.This Spring 2021, ACCENTEDiRL will feature authors, artists, poets, and cultural producers across the Southeast Asian diaspora in a series of four free virtual […]

ÁCCENTED: “For Your Consideration: Diasporic Vietnamese Filmmakers”

Viet Thanh Nguyen hosts an installment of Accented: Dialogues in Diaspora about Vietnamese filmmakers for DVAN. The next installation of ÁCCENTED: Dialogues in Diaspora will take place Friday, January 22nd at 7:00 pm PST / 10:00 pm EST, hosted by Pulitzer-prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, and will feature filmmakers Carol Nguyen (No Crying at the Dinner Table) and Bao […]

ACCENTED | Southeast Asian Theatre Arts & Performance

Viet Thanh Nguyen hosts a conversation about Southeast Asian Theatre for DVAN’s ACCENTED: Dialogues in Diaspora program. The Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) presents ACCENTED: Dialogues in Diaspora, a virtual series of programs that will feature a variety of writers, poets, artists, actors, filmmakers, scholars, and other cultural producers from the Vietnamese and Southeast Asian […]

ACCENTED | Southeast Asian Food and Festivity

Viet Thanh Nguyen hosts an installment of ACCENTED about Southeast Asian food and celebration for DVAN. The Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) presents ACCENTED, a virtual series of programs that will feature a variety of writers, poets, artists, actors, filmmakers, scholars, and other cultural producers from the Vietnamese and Southeast Asian diaspora. Hosted by Viet […]

ÁCCENTED: Nobody Ever Dies featuring Thao & The Get Down Stay Down

Viet Thanh Nguyen interviews Thao Nguyen about her documentary Nobody Dies and her music career for Accented: Dialogues in Diaspora. For this installation of ÁCCENTED: Dialogues in Diaspora, Pulitzer-prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen will host a conversation featuring Thao Nguyen from Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. For those who do not know […]

ACCENTED | Art, Activism, and Advocacy with PIVOT and UNAVSA

In this installment of Accented presented by DVAN, Viet Thanh Nguyen hosts a conversation between Tung Nguyen, Thi Bui, and Tram T. Nguyen about activism and advocacy in the Vietnamese diaspora. The Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) presents ACCENTED, a virtual series of programs that will feature a variety of writers, poets, artists, actors, filmmakers, […]

ACCENTED | VIETNAMESE REPRESENTATION ON SCREEN AND BEHIND THE SCENES

Viet Thanh Nguyen hosts a panel and coversation about the state Vietnamese representation both on screen and behind the scenes for Accented by DVAN. The Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) presents ACCENTED, a virtual series of programs that will feature a variety of writers, poets, artists, actors, filmmakers, scholars, and other cultural producers from the Vietnamese and […]

ACCENTED | Viet Thanh Nguyen in Conversation with Phuc Tran

Viet Thanh Nguyen shares a conversation with Phuc Tran about his new book Sigh, Gone for this installment of Accented by DVAN. The Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) presents the debut of ACCENTED: Dialogues in Diaspora, a monthly DVAN virtual series of programs that will feature a variety of writers, poets, artists, actors, filmmakers, scholars, […]