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…(read more)
May 20 2022
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Viet Thanh Nguyen is a 2017 MacArthur fellow for fiction and nonfiction
In this amalgamation of interviews, Agatha French from the Los Angeles Times creates a portrait of Viet Thanh Nguyen after winning a 2017 MacArthur…(read more)
MacArthur fellows for 2017: a tragicomic novelist, an ‘Afropolitan’ painter and more
Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Deborah Vankin builds a profile on Viet Thanh Nguyen, and a few other 2017 MacArthur fellows. The 2017 MacArthur fellows…(read more)
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…(read more)
International Dublin Literary Award: 2017 Shortlist – General Press Release
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer on the shortlist for the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award. Originally published by The Dublin Literary Award. 2017 Shortlist…(read more)
A Refugee Crisis in a World of Open Doors
Viet Thanh Nguyen reviews Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West for The New York Times. You own a house or rent an apartment. You live with your family…(read more)
Nothing Ever Dies is a Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award
Viet’s book Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in General Nonfiction.…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen, France’s Best Foreign Book Award Prize 2017
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer wins the 2017 Le Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (Best Foreign Book Prize) in the novel category. Original article…(read more)
Nothing Ever Dies Wins the 2017 John G. Cawelti Award for the Best Textbook/Primer
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War wins the 2017 John G. Cawelti Award for the Best Textbook/Primer. This PCA/ACA…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen Wins Dayton Literary Peace Prize in Fiction
Viet Thanh Nguyen won the 2016 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in fiction for his novel, The Sympathizer. The Dayton Literary Peace Prize is first…(read more)
The Refugees
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer was one of the most widely and highly praised novels of 2015, the winner not only of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize…(read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen wins the Center for Fiction’s 2015 First Novel Prize for ‘The Sympathizer’
Viet Thanh Nguyen wins the Center for Fiction’s 2015 First Novel Prize for The Sympathizer. Here is the transcript: Speaker 1: And the…(read more)
Literary Lion Viet Thanh Nguyen is Short Listed for the National Book Award
USC Dornsife’s Viet Thanh Nguyen follows up his Pulitzer Prize win for fiction with a spot on the short list of the National Book…(read more)
The Sympathizer on Shortlist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel, The Sympathizer, is among 5 other fiction books nominated for the 2016 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. The following article was originally…(read more)
Nothing Ever Dies on the Longlist for National Book Award in Nonfiction
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s latest novel, Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War, is among 10 books nominated for the National Book Award in the…(read more)
The Sympathizer wins Edgar Award for Best First Novel
Mystery Writers of America, the premier organization for mystery writers, announced the winners of the 2016 Edgar Allan Poe Awards at its 70th Gala…(read more)
