A refugee writer wins a ‘genius grant’ for his depictions of the displaced
Carol Hills and Marco Werman of Public Radio International interview Viet Thanh Nguyen as a recipient of a MacArthur grant. Vietnamese American writer Viet Thanh…(read more)
Interviews
MacArthur Foundation Names ‘Genius Grant’ Winners for 2017
Viet Thanh Nguyen is one of seven 2017 MacArthur Fellows featured in The Wall Street Journal in October 2017. When told that they’ve been selected for…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen Is The Pro-Refugee Voice America Needs To Hear
The Huffington Post’s Claire Fallon interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen as a 2017 MacArthur Fellow and prolific author of Vietnamese-American experiences. “Those of us who…(read more)
KCRW’s Press Play: LA’s Viet Thanh Nguyen and Yuval Sharon on becoming MacArthur ‘Geniuses’
Viet Thanh Nguyen wins MacArthur’s Genius Grant – a podcast interview by KCRW. Four of the MacArthur fellows this year are from Los Angeles.…(read more)
„Ich bin ein angry Asian American“
Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses the The Sympathizer and the American Vietnam narrative in an interview with Katharina Borchardt for taz. Viet Thanh Nguyen: Vielen Dank.…(read more)
Viet kieu
In this interview for KUOW, Thanh Tan discusses the long-term effects of the Vietnam War with Viet Thanh Nguyen and others. Ever realize there…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen : “Hollywood est raciste”
Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses The Sympathizer with Doan Bui in an interview for Bibliobs. Avec “le Sympathisant”, le prix Pulitzer 2016 publie un roman férocement…(read more)
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and Vietnam war refugee Nguyen on US identity
Eve Jackson and Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses The Sympathizer as well as the Hollywood-isation of the Vietnam War for France 24. From ‘Apocalypse…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen, War Memoirs and Pulitzer 2016
Olivia Gesbert interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen for France Culture ahead of the French release of The Sympathizer. Full podcast here. Olivia Gesbert reçoit l’écrivain Viet Thanh…(read more)
The Vietnam War is an episode in the long history of American expansion
This interview with Viet Thanh Nguyen was conducted by Jelena Tasić for the Serbian publication Danas. Vijet Tan Nujen, vijetnamsko-američki pisac, dobitnik Pulicerove nagrade za književnost…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen takes revenge on Coppola
Florence Noiville asks Viet Thanh Nguyen about The Sympathizer and his refugee background in this interview for Livres. Une queue à n’en plus finir.…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen: “I became a writer to write about the Vietnamese people”
In this interview for L’Humanite, Sophie Joubert discusses The Sympathizer and writing in the Vietnamese perspective with Viet Thanh Nguyen. Magistral premier roman sur…(read more)
Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen: “I want to show how the West tells the war”
Marcus Müntefering discusses The Sympathizer and the Vietnamese identity with Viet Thanh Nguyen in this interview for Der Spiegel. Zur Person Viet Thanh Nguyen,…(read more)
Pulitzer Prize winner Nguyen in conversation
Viet Thanh Nguyen is interviewed by NDR. A longer audio version can be found here. Viet Thanh Nguyen ist ein Mann mit zwei Seelen. Der 46-jährige…(read more)
From refugee to Pulitzer
In this interview for L’actualite, Danielle Laurin discusses The Sympathizer with Viet Thanh Nguyen. Pour la première fois depuis la création de cette prestigieuse…(read more)
“The Vietnam War continues to characterize US action”
Rodion Ebbighausen discusses The Sympathizer with Viet Thanh Nguyen in this interview for Deutsche Well. Viet Thanh Nguyen hat einen ungewöhnlichen Roman zum Vietnamkrieg vorgelegt.…(read more)
