The Pulitzer prize-winning novelist on the depiction of Vietnamese people, the fun in Voltaire’s Candide and memorable masturbation scenes for The Guardian. My earliest…(read more)
Quand il avait 4 ans, Viet Thanh Nguyen a fui Saigon avec ses parents pour se réfugier aux États-Unis. Devenu professeur d’université spécialiste de littérature…(read more)
In its seventh year, Amherst’s annual literary festival celebrates the College’s extraordinary literary life by inviting distinguished authors and editors to discuss the pleasures…(read more)
Dô Quyen interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen about his novel, The Committed, being adapted into an HBO series for Asian Premier.(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen defends the right for children to read challenging books and calls out parents and politicians trying to prevent kids becoming too…(read more)
A Tennessee county school board agreed to remove Art Spiegelman’s book “Maus” from its eighth-grade curriculum for its “rough, objectionable language” and “unnecessary use…(read more)
A Tennessee school board last week voted to remove the Pulitzer-prize winning graphic novel Maus from an 8th grade course on the Holocaust. And…(read more)
A conversation between Professor Adriane Lentz-Smith and Viet Thanh Nguyen for Duke Ethics. Read the transcription below. Adriane Lentz-Smith: Hi everybody, and welcome to…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks with Doan Bui for L’OBS.(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Committed, joins esteemed scholar Colleen Lye of UC-Berkeley for a candid discussion about the Asian-American novel and the role of…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks to Adrienne Boutang for Le Monde.(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks to Damien Aubel for Transfuge.(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen joins Marc Leepson on an episode of Dispatches for The VVA Veteran magazine. Read the transcript below: Speaker 1: Welcome to…(read more)
“J’ai été marqué par l’expérience de réfugié” Avec sa famille, il a fui le Vietnam à l’age de 4 ans. Devenu écrivain, il a…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses The Committed with journalist and writer Doan Bui for ICI Vietnam Festival. Follow this link to view the conversation.(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen shares the forces that shaped his Franco-Viet protagonist with France 24. His tragicomic narrator dazzled the literary scene in his debut…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen in Festival America From September 21-25, Viet Thanh Nguyen will be participating in Festival America in Vincennes, France. This year, “Voices of America” will celebrate its 20th anniversary, and feature around 70 authors from North America in hundreds of lectures and panel discussions. Since 2002, this biannual festival has been dedicated to… (read more)
The jury of the California Book Awards has selected this year’s Gold and Silver Medal winners for its 2022 awards. One of the oldest and most distinguished literary award programs in the nation will be holding a virtual Awards ceremony on June 6, at 6 p.m for the Common Wealth Club. SILVER MEDALS FICTIONThe Committed, Viet Thanh… (read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen will be conferred a Honorary Degree, Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa at the Commencement ceremony for Franklin & Marshall College. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and numerous other awards. His most recent publication is the sequel to The Sympathizer, The Committed. His other books are a short story collection, The Refugees; Nothing… (read more)
