Viet Thanh Nguyen: between two worlds
In this interview for Rai Cultura, Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses The Sympathizer. Video Interview Il Capitano al centro del romanzo Il simpatizzante di Viet Thanh Nguyen, tradotto da Luca Briasco per Neri Pozza, vive immerso nella duplicità: in primo luogo perché fa la talpa al servizio dei Viet Cong tra i vietnamiti filoamericani, poi perché l’America dove […]
FAHRENHEIT Book of the day of 12/07/2017 – Viet Thanh Nguyen, The sympathizer, Neri Pozza
Fahrenheit discusses The Sympathizer with Viet Thanh Nguyen in this interview.
“Do not believe Coppola the real Vietnam I’ll tell it”
Annarita Briganti discusses The Sympathizer with Viet Thanh Nguyen in this interview for La Repubblica. DA PROFUGO a Premio Pulitzer. La storia di Viet Thanh Nguyen, classe ‘71, primo vietnamita- americano a vincere il prestigioso riconoscimento, è un romanzo a parte. L’autore di Il simpatizzante (Neri Pozza, traduzione dall’inglese di Luca Briasco), quarantamila copie vendute solo […]
Pulitzer Prize winner criticizes American and Vietnamese cultures
Correio Brasiliense and Viet Thanh Nguyen discuss The Sympathizer in this interview for Cidadaverde.com. A Guerra do Vietnã durou quase 20 anos e deixou mais de três milhões de mortos de nacionalidade local. No entanto, boa parte da população americana costuma lembrar apenas dos 50 mil cidadãos americanos, a maioria militares mortos no conflito. O escritor […]
Squid and Prejudice
Racist Sandwich interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen about his book and Vietnamese background. RS interviews Pulitzer Prize winning author and USC professor Viet Thanh Nguyen about his new short story collection, what it was like working at his parents’ Vietnamese grocery store, and why he doesn’t write for white readers. Produced by Juan Ramirez. Music by […]
History is Not Over: An Interview with Viet Thanh Nguyen
In this interview for The Common, Alexander Bisley and Viet Thanh Nguyen discuss The Sympathizer and the refugee crisis. Author Viet Thanh Nguyen is on a hot streak. Since winning a 2016 Pulitzer Prize for The Sympathizer, his nonfiction collection Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War and this year’s short-story collection The Refugees have amassed acclaim. In an ultimately […]
‘Fiquei antonito’, revela escritor vietnamita vencedor do Pulitzer
Paulo Nogueira discusses The Sympathizer with Viet Thanh Nguyen in this interview for Estadao. Viet Thanh Nguyen, autor de ‘O Simpatizante’, fala sobre como foi crescer distante de sua pátria Viet Thanh Nguyen, como seu nome entrega, nasceu no Vietnã em 1970, mas vive desde os quatro anos nos EUA, onde é professor de literatura […]
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s War Years
Josh Koehn and Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses The Sympathizer in this interview for MetroActive. How the Pulitzer Prize winner found his voice, made peace with San Jose Viet Thanh Nguyen won his war with San Jose. It was up to him to finalize the terms of the truce. Before this could occur, of course, […]
Books & Co. 2007 Viet Thanh Nguyen
Alberto Rios discusses The Refugees with Viet Thanh Nguyen in this interview for PBS. Nguyen comes back with a breathtaking collection of short stories, reflecting the complex lives that immigrants have to undertake, and their aspirations to “make it” in another country. From the streets of Ho Chi Ming to the avenues of San Jose, […]
The Lit Up Show Episode 99: Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Vietnamese-American Refugee Experience
Angela Ledgerwood interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen on Episode 99 of The Lit Up Show. Listen to Viet Thanh Nguyen HERE. The multi-talented Nguyen knows what it means to inhabit a life radically shaped by history. In 1975, he and his family came to The United States as refugees in the wake of the Vietnam War. His debut novel, The Sympathizer, winner […]
Author Profile: Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen seizes the moment to advocate for refugees
Rob Cline interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen for Cedar Rapids Gazette. Did winning the Pulitzer Prize give Viet Thanh Nguyen a platform to advocate for refugees? Nguyen, who came to this county as a refugee from Vietnam when he was a child, is the author of the novel “The Sympathizer,” winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize, and […]
Viet Thanh Nguyen: The Refugees
Doug Fabrizio and Viet Thanh Nguyen discuss lives of refugees and the stories of war that they bring in this interview for RadioWest. Thursday, we’re talking about the lives of refugees with the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen. Nguyen came to this country when he was four, and he says there’s a tendency to […]
THE RUMPUS INTERVIEW WITH VIET THANH NGUYEN
Beverly Parayno interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen about refugees, the Vietnamese community, and Nguyen’s books in this article for Rumpus. When I first learned that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen and I shared the same hometown of San Jose, California, and that we both grew up there in the 1970s and ‘80s, I knew I […]
Viet Thanh Nguyen Tackles Issues of Race, Immigration, and Identity in ‘The Refugees’
Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses the inspiration for The Refugees and the current issue of refugees in America with the Dinner Party Download. The author tells us the true story that inspired his new collection and shares a few thoughts on why refugees can make Americans uncomfortable. Viet Thanh Nguyen‘s first novel “The Sympathizer” won […]
2017 AWP Book Fair: Viet Thanh Nguyen on The Refugees
Viet Thanh Nguyen talks with Jeffrey Brown of PBS’ Book View New about his latest novel, “The Refugees” at the 2017 AWP Book Fair. With The Refugees, Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen (The Sympathizer) gives voice to Vietnamese lives affected by the shock of sudden departure from one’s home, of lives lived between the adopted […]
