Viet Thanh Nguyen

professor of English, American Studies and Ethnicity, and Comparative Literature at USC

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Viet Thanh Nguyen is the Aerol Arnold Chair of English and Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, where he is also a member of the steering committee for the Center for Transpacific Studies. The Vietnamese-American novelist is the 2016 Pulitzer Prize-winner for his novel The Sympathizer and a 2017 MacArthur fellow.

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Pulitzer-prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses his memoir “A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial” and the challenges and pain he faced growing up a Vietnamese…

‘The Sympathizer’ author Viet Thanh Nguyen on new memoir ‘A Man of Two Faces’

Pulitzer-prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses his memoir “A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial” and the challenges and pain he faced growing up a Vietnamese…

from Life Examined

Author and USC professor Viet Thanh Nguyen won a Pulitzer Prize for his 2015 novel “The Sympathizer.” It’s just been adapted into a new limited series from HBO.

Encore: ‘The Sympathizer’ offers fresh look at Vietnam War

Author and USC professor Viet Thanh Nguyen won a Pulitzer Prize for his 2015 novel “The Sympathizer.” It’s just been adapted into a new limited series from HBO.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author discusses his acclaimed novel and the legacy of the Vietnam War.

Viet Thanh Nguyen: The Sympathizer

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author discusses his acclaimed novel and the legacy of the Vietnam War.

from Scheer Intelligence

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