The Awl: An Interview with Viet Thanh Nguyen
An interview with Bryan Washington regarding refugee literature and American politics. Interview originally published on The Awl. This conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen took place a…(read more)
Interviews
Longreads: An Interview with Macarthur ‘Genius’ Viet Thanh Nguyen on Longreads
2017 MacArthur fellow Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses questions of justice, diversity in literature, and empathy across cultures in an interview with Catherine Cusick. Interview…(read more)
How a Pulitzer-Prize Winning Novelist Thinks About Coffee, Screenplays and Facebook
In this interview for the Observer, Jimmy Soni asks Viet Thanh Nguyen about his writing process. This past week, Viet Thanh Nguyen was announced as one…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen ‘humbled’ with the prestigious MacArthur
Long Hoàng of VOA Tiếng Việt conducts an interview with Viet Thanh Nguyen, following his recipiency of the 2017 MacArthur Genius Grant. Tiểu thuyết gia…(read more)
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)
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)
