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On Winning the Pulitzer Prize
Posted on April 18, 2016 | Leave a commentI got the news at around 3:15 thanks to my Twitter and Facebook feed. I sat around shocked, stunned, fielding phone calls from my publicist and doing news interviews and trying to reply to as many emails, tweets, and Facebook comments and messages as I could. I called my wonderful partner, Lan Duong. I felt queasy and struck by literary lightning. ...(read more)
The New Yorker: Refugees in America
Posted on February 6, 2017 | Leave a commentThe Pulitzer Prize-winning Viet Thanh Nguyen tells stories about people poised between their devastated homeland and their affluent adopted country. The following review was written by Joyce Carol Oates for The New Yorker. Consider the distinctions between the words “expat,” “immigrant,” “refugee.” “Expat” suggests a cosmopolitan spirit and re ...(read more)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Posted on February 11, 2017 | Leave a commentPulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen sits down with Seth Meyers to talk about his refugee experience. In part 2 of this interview, he explains the difference between refugees and immigrants and the fears Americans have of them. Part 1: Part 2: Here’s the transcript of the interview: Seth Meyers: I am such a fan of your work. I lov ...(read more)
Viet Nguyen Awarded MacArthur Fellowship
Posted on October 11, 2017 | Leave a commentThe MacArthur Foundation has awarded Viet Thanh Nguyen with a 2017 MacArthur Fellowship for his work as a fiction writer and cultural critic. In particular, the MacArthur Foundation recognizes Viet Nguyen’s contributions to “challenging popular depictions of the Vietnam War and exploring the myriad ways that war lives on for those it ha ...(read more)
Paul Beatty In Conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen
Posted on June 15, 2018 | Leave a commentIn fall 2017, the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute hosted Beatty and Nguyen for an onstage conversation for Believer Magazine. A double agent and a sellout. A French Vietnamese man concealed to nearly everyone around him, and a black American who is a stranger in his own hometown. These are the narrators of The Sellout by P ...(read more)
The René Wellek Prize Citations 2017
Posted on June 21, 2018 | Leave a commentViet Thanh Nguyen’s Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War co-wins the 2017 Rene Wellek Prize with Jeffrey Cohen’s Stone. The Rene Wellek Prize is annually awarded, respectively, to the best book overall in comparative literature. Article originally published by ACLA. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Nothing Ever Dies: Viet ...(read more)
“REMEMBERING AND FORGETTING”: AN INTERVIEW WITH VIET THANH NGUYEN
Posted on September 25, 2018 | Leave a commentKarl Ashoka Britto interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen about his novels and personal experiences as a refugee for Public Books. Since the 2015 publication of his Pulitzer Prize–winning debut novel The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen has emerged as one of the literary world’s leading public intellectuals. At a time of rising xenophobia and anti-refug ...(read more)
Jamais rien ne muert
Sylvie Lecoules reviews Nothing Ever Dies for le Tarn libre.(read more)
International Book Recommendations
Looking for international literature? At a time when the United…(read more)
Pulitzer-Winning Novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen to Give Ha Jin Lecture Tonight
John O’Rourke interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen for BU Today about…(read more)
From Here to Home
Viet Thanh Nguyen explores the depth of our shared humanity…(read more)
The 20 Best Novels of the Decade
Jonny Diamond, editor of LitHub lists The Sympathizer as one…(read more)
Jamais rien ne muert
N.N. reviews Nothing Ever Dies for Trends Tendances (Presse de…(read more)
Leurres de Vérité
Francois Lestavel reviews The Refugees for Paris Match.(read more)
Giá như là quê hương
Phạm Vũ reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Displaced for the…(read more)
Nhà văn gốc Việt chủ biên sách về người xa xứ
Hà Thu reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Displaced for VnExpress.net…(read more)
McSweeney’s Books- AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHORS OF OUR NEW CHILDREN’S BOOK, CHICKEN OF THE SEA
In an interview for McSweeney’s, co-authors Viet Thanh Nguyen and his…(read more)
L’Histoire au fil de la plume
Emmanuel Hect reviews The Refugees and Nothing Ever Dies for…(read more)
Exil, colonisation, identité déracinés de corps et de coeur
Martine Freneuil reviews Nothing Ever Dies and The Refugees for…(read more)
‘SYMPATHIZER’ AUTHOR GIVES HIGH SCHOOLERS AWARD-WINNING INSIGHTS
Viet Thanh Nguyen captivates the audience of students at Lake…(read more)
YBCA 2019 Summit
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts honors Viet Thanh Nguyen…(read more)
REFUGEE, AUTHOR VIET THANH NGUYEN CAPTIVATES AT IDAHO HUMANITIES COUNCIL LECTURE
Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks at the Idaho Humanities Council’s 16th…(read more)
Entre deux mondes
Marguerite Baux reviews The Refugees for Grazia magazine.(read more)
New Honorary Doctors Appointed at Uppsala University
Viet Thanh Nguyen is appointed a honorary doctorate by Uppsala…(read more)
Chicken? Viet Thanh Nguyen and Thi Bui’s New Multigenerational Collaboration
Elizabeth Bird for School Library Journal delves into the making…(read more)
Unsettling the American Dream Story: The Millions Interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen
Jianan Qian interviews Viet Nguyen for The Millions. They discuss…(read more)
Des nouvelles de Viet Thanh Nguyen
Karine Vilder reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees for Le…(read more)
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