Sante Fe International Literacy Festival | 2025 International Literacy Festival
We can’t wait to welcome Viet Thanh Nguyen to the 2025 Santa Fe International Literary Festival on Saturday, May 17, 1-2 pm.
Viet Thanh Nguyen was forty-four when he published his first novel, “The Sympathizer,” a stunning debut that went on to win the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
The book fulfilled Nguyen’s desire that his fiction be “as critical as it was creative.” A mind- and genre-bending look at the Vietnam War, “The Sympathizer” is a scathing, darkly funny critique of America’s actions before and after the conflict. It was adapted into a 2024 Emmy-nominated series on HBO @sympathizerhbo, starring Robert Downey, Jr., Sandra Oh, and Hoa Xuande. Nguyen’s subsequent work also tackles displacement and the legacy of Vietnam and colonialism. “Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War” was nominated for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction, and “The Committed,” a sequel to “The Sympathizer,” was a @nytimes bestseller. Nguyen’s most recent book is the memoir “A Man of Two Faces,” which was long-listed for the National Book Award. His next book, the essay collection “To Save and to Destroy,” will be published in April 2025. Visit the link in our bio to purchase your tickets now!
