MacArthur ‘genius’ grant winners step into the spotlight: ‘Is this really happening?’
Following the reveal of the 2017 MacArthur Fellows, Washington Post’s Caitlin Gibson collects the reactions of Viet Thanh Nguyen and other fellows. When the call first came, Cristina Jiménez Moreta didn’t pick up. She was working from her apartment in Queens, another busy day in a busy month, and didn’t recognize the number. But then came […]
MacArthur Foundation Names 2017 ‘Genius’ Grant Winners
Originally written for the New York Times, the following is an excerpt about Viet Thanh Nguyen from Jennifer Schuessler’s New York Times article on the 2017 MacArthur Grant recipients. Mr. Nguyen, who won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for his novel “The Sympathizer,” said he wanted to use some of the money to hire an editor to […]
Here Are The 2017 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant Winners
Colin Dwyers of NPR puts together a list of the 24 recipients of the 2017 MacArthur Genius Grant, one fellow being Viet Thanh Nguyen. It’s not often you’ll find these 24 names in the same place. They are historians and musicians, computer scientists and social activists, writers and architects. But whatever it may read on […]
MacArthur Fellow 2017: Viet Thanh Nguyen
The following is Viet Thanh Nguyen’s profile on the MacArthur Foundation’s website. Challenging popular depictions of the Vietnam War and exploring the myriad ways that war lives on for those it has displaced. ABOUT VIET’S WORK Viet Thanh Nguyen is a literary scholar and fiction writer crafting a more nuanced portrait of the Vietnam […]
Viet Thanh Nguyen is a 2017 MacArthur fellow for fiction and nonfiction
In this amalgamation of interviews, Agatha French from the Los Angeles Times creates a portrait of Viet Thanh Nguyen after winning a 2017 MacArthur grant. The immigrant has always been an ambivalent figure in the United States,” writer Viet Thanh Nguyen told the Los Angeles Times last year. “The immigrant has always served as a source of […]
MacArthur fellows for 2017: a tragicomic novelist, an ‘Afropolitan’ painter and more
Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Deborah Vankin builds a profile on Viet Thanh Nguyen, and a few other 2017 MacArthur fellows. The 2017 MacArthur fellows have been revealed, and among the honorees are an experimental opera director, a freewheeling novelist exploring the moral complexities of the Vietnam War, a Nigerian painter mining her “Afropolitan” perspective and […]
Viet Nguyen Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded Viet Thanh Nguyen with a 2017 Guggenheim Fellowship in the field of Fiction. Guggenheim Fellowships are intended for individuals who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. The following article was originally published by Susan Bell and Ian Geckler […]
Viet Thanh Nguyen, France’s Best Foreign Book Award Prize 2017
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer wins the 2017 Le Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (Best Foreign Book Prize) in the novel category. Original article by Antoine Oury published by ActuaLitte. Sous l’égide des Escales Littéraires Sofitel, le Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger Sofitel a été attribué, dans la catégorie roman, à l’Américain Viet Thanh Nguyen […]
Viet Thanh Nguyen | 2015 National Book Festival at the Library of Congress
Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses The Sympathizer and his personal experiences at the 2015 National Book Festival. Here is the transcript: Announcer: From the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Ron Charles: Good morning and welcome. I’m Ron Charles, editor of Book World at the Washington Post, which is a charter sponsor of the National Book […]
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. Along with six other novels, The Sympathizer has been selected to be on the 2015 short list. The winner will be announced at our Annual Benefit and Awards Dinner on Tuesday, December 8 […]
