Viet Thanh Nguyen: Quick Facts


Facts

Born February 13, 1971 (age 55) • Buon Me Thuot
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize • Edgar Award (2016)
Notable Works “A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial” • “Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War” • “Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America” • “The Committed” • “The Refugees” • “The Sympathizer” • “To Save and Destroy: Writing as an Other”

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Alice Walker smiling and wearing glasses, a beaded necklace, and a burgundy velvet top at the opening of The Color Purple in New York City.
Alice Walker
American writer
Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow
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John Updike
John Updike
American author
Annie Proulx seated on a red leather sofa, wearing glasses, a black jacket, and a white shirt, looking toward the camera.
Annie Proulx
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Alison Lurie
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Mark Twain
Mark Twain
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Larry Woiwode
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Hazzard, Shirley
Shirley Hazzard
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Mary Gordon
Mary Gordon
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Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
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James Patterson
James Patterson
American author
Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver
American author and activist
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Maxine Kumin
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Hamlin Garland
Hamlin Garland
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William Saroyan.
William Saroyan
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Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
American writer
Portrait of John Steinbeck in a suit and tie, looking downward with a serious expression.
John Steinbeck
American novelist
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison
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Harper Lee
Harper Lee
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Jhumpa Lahiri wearing a sleeveless pink dress and gold pendant necklace, looking at the camera outdoors in Rome.
Jhumpa Lahiri
American author