On Winning the Pulitzer Prize
I got the news at around 3:15 thanks to my Twitter and Facebook feed. I sat around shocked, stunned, fielding phone calls from my…(read more)
May 20 2022
News
The Sympathizer is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
The Sympathizer is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the United States. Judges Abby…(read more)
Review of Christopher Sorrentino’s The Fugitives
Viet Thanh Nguyen reviews Christopher Sorrentino’s The Fugitives. Originally posted as a New York Times Sunday Book Review on February 19, 2016. Kat Danhoff is a…(read more)
Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War
FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION, 2016 “Beautifully written, powerfully argued, thoughtful, provocative.”—Marilyn B. Young, author of The Vietnam Wars, 1945–1990 “Readers will…(read more)
The Sympathizer Makes it to Over 30 Best of the Year Lists
Published in April 2015, The Sympathizer has had a good year. It has been listed on over 30 best of the year lists in…(read more)
The Sympathizer Wins the Carnegie Medal for Literary Excellence
The American Library Association has awarded the 2016 Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction to The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Grove…(read more)
The Sympathizer Wins Center For Fiction’s 2015 First Novel Prize
New York, December 8, 2015 – The Center for Fiction, founded in 1820 as the Mercantile Library Association of New York, is pleased to…(read more)
The Sympathizer Makes it to Publishers Weekly’s Best Fiction of 2015
The Sympathizer Makes it to Publishers Weekly’s Best Fiction of 2015 Publishers Weekly says that “Putting together our Best Books of 2015 list was…(read more)
The Sympathizer Makes the First Novel Prize Short List
The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize is awarded to the best debut novel published between January 1 and December 31 of the award year.…(read more)
The Sympathizer Makes Mid-Year Best Novel Lists
The Sympathizer has critics everywhere buzzing. A highly praised cerebral thriller, Viet’s debut novel has made it on several mid-year best novel lists. See…(read more)
Tom’s Book Club: Viet Nguyen at Chevalier’s Books
For the next installment of Tom’s Book Club, we will have a live event featuring Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Sympathizer (Grove/Atlantic, April 2015), in conversation…(read more)
KQED Interviews Viet, Andrew Lam and Aimee Phan
April 30th marked the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. Viet did a number of interviews, including this one with writers…(read more)
The Sympathizer Hits Bestseller Lists
The Sympathizer landed on four hardcover fiction bestseller lists this week. The four bestseller lists come from the independent bookseller associations of Northern and Southern…(read more)
BBC – Pulitzer Fiction Prize Winner: ‘People Fear Refugees’
Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks to Kasia Madera on the BBC’s Newsday programme about what inspired his writing. Viet Thanh Nguyen, a former Vietnamese refugee…(read more)
Book Tour Schedule for The Sympathizer
UPDATED August 17. 2015: check here for the most recent updates on Viet’s appearances Here’s Viet’s book tour schedule for THE SYMPATHIZER, beginning this…(read more)
Win a signed first edition of The Sympathizer!
Viet is the editor of diaCRITICS, the leading online source for news on Vietnamese and diasporic arts, culture, and politics. Subscribe to diaCRITICS for…(read more)
