Viet Thanh Nguyen

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist

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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.

Viet Thanh Nguyen on KCRW

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.

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Four of the MacArthur fellows this year are from Los Angeles.

LA's Viet Thanh Nguyen and Yuval Sharon on becoming MacArthur 'Geniuses'

Four of the MacArthur fellows this year are from Los Angeles.

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Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen’s new short story collection, “The Refugees,” focuses on people living between two worlds — how they switch identities and navigate issues of…

Viet Thanh Nguyen on being a refugee and being unwanted

Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen’s new short story collection, “The Refugees,” focuses on people living between two worlds — how they switch identities and navigate issues of…

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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