Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

“REMEMBERING AND FORGETTING”: AN INTERVIEW WITH VIET THANH NGUYEN

Karl 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-refugee sentiment in the […]

True War Stories

Viet Thanh Nguyen writes about the Vietnam War in the special issue of the Asian American Literary Review. Reprinted in Oklahoma Humanities Magazine.  ON TRUE WAR STORIES: There’s no such thing as a good war story. War is hell. Like many Americans and people the world over, I enjoy war stories that depend on what […]

Living Writers Returns with Viet Thanh Nguyen

Andrew Kish of The Colgate Maroon-News reports on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s visit to Colgate University for its annual Living Writers program. Living Writer Author Viet Thanh Nguyen talks to the student body and participants of the Living Writers class alike in an effort to further explore the themes of his novel. Colgate University inaugurated its […]

ALANApalooza Brings Community Together

Bao Nguyen of Colgate Maroon-News reports on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s lecture about refugees during ALANApalooza, an annual cultural event at Colgate University.   This year’s ALANApalooza was the perfect occasion to explore the Africana, Latin American, Asian American and Native American Cultural Center (ALANA). Faculty and students made their way to the ALANA patio to enjoy […]

REVIEW: Lecture: Race, War, and Refugees with Viet Thanh Nguyen

Fareah Fysudeen reports on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s reading and discussion of his books at the University of Michigan in this article for [art]seen.  Viet Thanh Nguyen received critical acclaim for his book The Sympathizer, earning a Pulitzer Prize in 2016 and a string of other awards and recognitions. It was to the utmost excitement of the […]

Geland tussen twee werelden

Kris Mattheeuws reviews The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen for Literair Nederland. De vluchtelingen Viet Thanh Nguyen Vertaling door: Paul Bruijn Verschenen bij: Uitgeverij Marmer (2018) ISBN: 9789460683770 240 pagina’s Prijs: € 19,99 Bestel     Elke dag worden we in het journaal overspoeld door verhalen over vluchtelingen. De vaak schrijnende en mensonwaardige omstandigheden zijn dagelijkse kost waar velen al […]

Pulitzer prize-winning author discusses refugee identity, storytelling

Aaron Baker of Michigan Daily reports on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s lecture about refugees and the Vietnamese perspective at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, a professor at the University of Southern California, spoke Tuesday to a packed Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre on the perceptions of refugees and the Vietnamese perspective of the […]

The conundrum of Asian-Americans: a conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen

Nisa Khan and Christian Paneda of Michigan in Color sits down with Viet Thanh Nguyen to discuss Asian-Americans and his Vietnamese heritage.  “When I was your age, I was very conscious of myself as a Vietnamese American and Asian American, and I knew I was a refugee but I didn’t like go around calling myself […]

Niente muore mai. Il Vietnam e la memoria della guerra

The Italian edition of Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War by Viet Thanh Nguyen is now available on Amazon.  «Se l’anima dell’America morirà avvelenata, sul referto dell’autopsia dovrà esserci scritto “Vietnam”». Non c’è forse spiegazione più concisa di questa frase di Martin Luther King per comprendere che cosa abbia significato per gli […]

Asian-Americans Need More Movies, Even Mediocre Ones

Viet Thanh Nguyen writes an Op-Ed for New York Times about narrative plenitude and Asian-American representation in Hollywood.  If you are Asian-American, you have most likely heard of a movie called “Crazy Rich Asians,” based on the popular novel of the same title by Kevin Kwan. If you are not Asian-American, maybe you are wondering […]

Where is home?

Graa Boomsma reviews The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen for De Groene Amsterdammer. Viet Thanh Nguyen laat zien dat het oude vaderland niet iets is wat je kunt afschudden als je in een nieuw land woont. Wie denkt zijn lot altijd in eigen handen te kunnen houden, bedriegt zichzelf. ‘De sympathisant’ van de Amerikaans-Vietnamese schrijver Viet […]

Interview with the New Orleans Review

This interview with Viet Thanh Nguyen for the New Orleans Review was conducted by Elizabeth Sulis Kim. Viet Thanh Nguyen, the Vietnamese-American author and Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, was a recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Grant in 2017. His works include The Sympathizer, which was awarded the […]