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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Viet Thanh Nguyen is the 7,017th most popular writer (up from 7,050th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Vietnam (up from 120th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Vietnamese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Viet Thanh Nguyen ranks 7,017 out of 7,302. Before him are Matt Haig, Léonora Miano, Javier Sierra, Ishmael Reed, Geoff Ryman, and Tetiana Chornovol. After him are Ruta Sepetys, Kateryna Kalytko, Nicolas Mathieu, Yiyun Li, Joseph Finder, and Cleanth Brooks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Viet Thanh Nguyen ranks 740. Before him are Marina de Van, Vasil Spasov, Sébastien Fournier, Rennae Stubbs, Javier Sierra, and Byambasuren Davaa. After him are Vik Sahay, Anzhelina Shvachka, Alejandro García Padilla, Indrek Pertelson, Rafael Berges, and Andrzej Piaseczny.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Viet Thanh Nguyen ranks 119 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), Lana Condor (1997), Hoang Thanh Trang (1980), and Nguyễn Quang Hải (1997).

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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).

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