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Viet Thanh Nguyen

1971 - Today

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Viet Thanh Nguyen (Vietnamese: Nguyễn Thanh Việt; born March 13, 1971) is a South Vietnamese-born American professor and novelist. He is the Aerol Arnold Chair of English and Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Viet's debut novel, The Sympathizer, won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and many other accolades. He was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Viet Thanh Nguyen is the 7,081st most popular writer (down from 7,050th in 2024), the 120th most popular biography from Vietnam and the 8th most popular Vietnamese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Viet Thanh Nguyen ranks 7,079 out of 7,302. Before him are Ishmael Reed, Bi Feiyu, Geoff Ryman, and Tetiana Chornovol. After him are Eva García Sáenz de Urturi, Ruta Sepetys, Kateryna Kalytko, Nicolas Mathieu, Yiyun Li, Joseph Finder, Cleanth Brooks, and Peter Hedges.

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Among people born in 1971, Viet Thanh Nguyen ranks 785. Before him are Marina de Van, Vasil Spasov, Sébastien Fournier, Rennae Stubbs, Javier Sierra, and Byambasuren Davaa. After him are Vik Sahay, Drena De Niro, Anzhelina Shvachka, Alejandro García Padilla, Indrek Pertelson, and Rafael Berges.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Viet Thanh Nguyen ranks 120 out of 136. Before him are Ngô Thanh Vân (1979), Thuy Trang (1973), Stephanie Murphy (1978), Hoàng Xuân Vinh (1974), Lê Công Vinh (1985), and Hiep Thi Le (1971). After him are Joseph Cao (1967), Trần Hiếu Ngân (1974), Scotty Nguyen (1962), Johnny Trí Nguyễn (1974), Lana Condor (1997), and Hoang Thanh Trang (1980).

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Among WRITERS In Vietnam

Among writers born in Vietnam, Viet Thanh Nguyen ranks 8. Before him are Phan Thi Kim Phuc (1963), Nguyễn Du (1765), Phan Bội Châu (1867), Hồ Xuân Hương (1772), Dương Thu Hương (1947), and Kim Thúy (1968). After him are Ocean Vuong (1988).

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