Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Simon and Rachel speak with the novelist and academic Viet Thanh Nguyen. Born in Vietnam, Viet came to the United States as a refugee in 1975. He completed a PhD in English at
Isabelle Pelaud introduces a unique literary project Fifty years after the end of a ruinous war a new generation of confident and assertive Vietnamese writers are reclaiming their histories. In The
Betty Duong, Santa Clara County Supervisor, poses for a photo, at the Santa Clara County Administration Building, in San José on April 3, 2025. (Gina Castro/KQED) Betty Duong said that everyone she
By Dion Nissenbaum and Hillary Ma Nikki Tran was enticed by Houston’s sweltering southeast Texas heat and a surprisingly large Vietnamese community that gave the Ho Chi Minh City-born restaurateur an intimate sense
We sit down with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen for a raw conversation that bridges literature, politics, and global affairs. Viet brings clarity and depth to some of the
Actors Vy Le and Duy Nguyen discuss their experiences as Vietnamese actors and representation in Hollywood for elevASIAN at USC Annenberg Media When “The Sympathizer” premiered in April on HBO,
Several Vietnamese members of the cast personally experienced the fall of Saigon. For others, the HBO limited series was a learning opportunity, and chance to help their families and communities
Quyen Do writes about the Vietnamese community’s thoughts about the ‘The Sympathizer’s HBO series adaptation which aims to show the war in the Vietnamese perspective for Los Angeles Times Never
Laura Zornosa interviews the creators ‘The Sympathizer’ on their journey to recreating Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning novel for the Los Angeles Times When Park Chan-wook read “The Sympathizer” for the first
As a child watching the film Apocalypse Now, writer Viet Thanh Nguyen felt split in two – was he one of the Americans doing the killing or one of the Vietnamese being
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Helena Lee, and Jessica J. Lee join in conversation for BBC’s Radio 4 Start of the Week. The Vietnamese American writer Viet Thanh Nguyen was awarded the
From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen and illustrator Minnie Phan comes an unforgettable story of a Vietnamese American girl whose life is transformed by a wildfire.
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In this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Viet Thanh Nguyen – author of the new book A Man of Two Faces. A Memoir, A History, A Memorial – reflects on the ambiguities and
Book review By Carol Memmott Just pages into Pulitzer Prize-winning Viet Thanh Nguyen’s new book, he writes about his parents being shot at their grocery store in San Jose, California. Nguyen
Since winning the Pulitzer Prize in 2016, San Jose-reared novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen has become one of the leading voices of the Vietnamese diaspora in the United States. But he