Viet Thanh Nguyen in Festival America From September 21-25, Viet Thanh Nguyen will be participating in Festival America in Vincennes, France. This year, “Voices of America” will celebrate its 20th anniversary, and feature around 70 authors from North America in hundreds of lectures and panel discussions. Since 2002, this biannual festival has been dedicated to… (read more)
The jury of the California Book Awards has selected this year’s Gold and Silver Medal winners for its 2022 awards. One of the oldest and most distinguished literary award programs in the nation will be holding a virtual Awards ceremony on June 6, at 6 p.m for the Common Wealth Club. SILVER MEDALS FICTIONThe Committed, Viet Thanh… (read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen will be conferred a Honorary Degree, Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa at the Commencement ceremony for Franklin & Marshall College. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and numerous other awards. His most recent publication is the sequel to The Sympathizer, The Committed. His other books are a short story collection, The Refugees; Nothing… (read more)
