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Goodreads Choice Awards 2017 Best Fiction

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Awards 2017 for Best Fiction. WINNER 39,077 votes LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE BY CELESTE NG (GOODREADS AUTHOR) Celeste Ng first

Viet Nguyen Awarded MacArthur Fellowship

The MacArthur Foundation has awarded Viet Thanh Nguyen with a 2017 MacArthur Fellowship for his work as a fiction writer and cultural critic. In particular,

Viet Thanh Nguyen, 2017 MacArthur Fellow

MacArthur Fellow 2017: Viet Thanh Nguyen

The following is Viet Thanh Nguyen’s profile on the MacArthur Foundation’s website.   Challenging popular depictions of the Vietnam War and exploring the myriad ways

Viet Nguyen Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded Viet Thanh Nguyen with a 2017 Guggenheim Fellowship in the field of Fiction.  Guggenheim Fellowships are intended