Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
By Arjuna Keshvani-Ham I’d given up on interviewing Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyên after receiving an automated response to a lengthy email. Apologies. Viet is declining all interview opportunities for
The Cleaving brings together Vietnamese artists and writers from around the world in conversation about their craft and how their work has been shaped and received by mainstream culture and
When writing his magnificent debut novel, The Sympathizer, the January California Book Club selection, and other books, author Viet Thanh Nguyen refused to capitulate to the fate colonial forces laid out
THE SYMPATHIZER makes TIME Magazine and The Washington Post’s Top 10 shows of the year. From WaPo: “Like its protagonist, “The Sympathizer” signals from the start a compulsion to rebel
The mini-series adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s kaleidoscopic tale The Sympathizer is a knockout account of colonialism, war, and (the loss of) identity. Ana Yorke writes for Pop Matters What if all
Mari Uyehara interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen—The Vietnamese-American writer’s leap to the mainstream comes at a moment that demands his anti-colonialist perspective for The Nation Like Nguyen’s other books, this memoir
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen narrates his new memoir in an understated tone that is a blend of tenderness and survival humor. His fierce dedication to telling his parents’
Laura Miller reviews The Committed for SLATE’s Best Books of 2021 I could never get enough of the nameless narrator of Nguyen’s 2015 Pulitzer-winning novel, The Sympathizer. His self-deprecating, hopelessly morally compromised
Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks to Adrienne Boutang for Le Monde.
Alexandra Del-Peral reviews The Committed for Le Soleil. Plutôt universalisme français ou multiculturalisme américain ? Ni l’un ni l’autre, répond l’écrivain vietnamo-américain Viet Thanh Nguyen, prix Pulitzer 2016, de retour
Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks with The Nation about the history of anti-Asian rhetoric and violence in the United States. On April 21, the Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen sat
Viet Thanh Nguyen talks to host Ben Rhodes about the cultural depictions of the Vietnam War and the links between colonialism and capitalism for Pod Save the World. Read the
Viet Thanh Nguyen reflects on his life as a Vietnamese American, and the history of anti-Asian violence. On 16 March eight people were killed in Atlanta, Georgia, by a 21-year-old
Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks with Democracy Now! about the roots of Anti-Asian Hate and how it continues today. Protests condemning hate crimes against Asian Americans continue, following the deadly shootings
Francesca Angelini reviews The Committed for The Sunday Times. Born in Vietnam and brought up in the US, the academic Viet Thanh Nguyen took 20 years to publish his first