Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Here are some of the best interviews or profiles that Viet has done, and some of the most compelling reviews of his work.
Viet gave the commencement address for the UC Berkeley English Department on May 20, 2026. No photos or video were taken, but here’s a photo
As the United States marked its 250th anniversary, authors Stacey Abrams, Eddie Glaude Jr., and Viet Thanh Nguyen examined American storytelling and national identity. This
VOICES FOR GAZA was a tremendously moving event that brought together Palestinian writers and activists and their allies to speak about Gaza, Palestine, and genocide.
I have lived in America for most of my life, but I had rarely traveled outside of that portion of America that is the United
I was sitting on a beach in Malibu when the news arrived via social media. The temperature was cool and breezy, the sky a clear, unsmogged
By Arjuna Keshvani-Ham I’d given up on interviewing Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyên after receiving an automated response to a lengthy email. Apologies. Viet is
By Noel Ransome Published On 14 May 2025 In a theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen readied himself to speak. It was December 2023,
We mark 50 years since the end of the U.S. war on Vietnam with the acclaimed Vietnamese American writer Viet Thanh Nguyen. On April 30,
Most American presidents have learned the wrong lessons from the American War in Vietnam, as it is called there. The most recent presidential misstep is
The United States has always had a tricky relationship with immigrants and refugees, even if part of the American mythology is that we are a
Watch the full interview here Transcript: Speaker 1: …. Author interview program afterwards. Pulitzer Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen reflects on how society can
“An imperial literature prefers the realism of showing the imperfect domesticity within an American empire.” By Viet Thanh Nguyen One way to understand the dilemma of contemporary
In this episode of Friday Night Semites, we sit down with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and professor Viet Thanh Nguyen, acclaimed for his book The Sympathizer
Filmmaker Raoul Peck and author Viet Thanh Nguyen discuss their road to making art that’s political and subversive for Aljazeera— Studio B: Unscripted Haitian filmmaker
In this season 4 finale episode, actors from The Sympathizer television show, Hoa Xuande, Fred Nguyen Khan, Duy Nguyen, Kayli Tran, PhanXine, VyVy Nguyen, and