{"id":1309,"date":"2020-09-14T22:13:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T22:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/bio\/viet-thanh-nguyen\/"},"modified":"2023-09-23T20:56:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T20:56:36","slug":"viet-thanh-nguyen","status":"publish","type":"tribe_organizer","link":"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/bio\/viet-thanh-nguyen\/","title":{"rendered":"Viet Thanh Nguyen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Viet Thanh Nguyen<\/strong> was born in Vietnam and raised in America. He is the author of <em>The<\/em> <em>Committed<\/em>, which continues the story of <em>The Sympathizer<\/em>, awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, alongside seven other prizes. He is also the author of the short story collection <em>The Refugees<\/em>; the nonfiction book <em>Nothing Ever Dies<\/em>, a finalist for the National Book Award; and is the editor of an anthology of refugee writing, <em>The Displaced<\/em>. He is the Aerol Arnold Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California and a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur foundations. He lives in Los Angeles. His new book is\u00a0<em>A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Viet Thanh Nguyen appears in a special event at Portland Book Festival which requires an <a href=\"https:\/\/portland5.evenue.net\/cgi-bin\/ncommerce3\/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3APCPA%3ALIT23%3AAS1104A%3A&amp;linkID=pcpa&amp;shopperContext=&amp;pc=&amp;caller=&amp;appCode=&amp;groupCode=BOOK&amp;cgc=&amp;dataAccId=264&amp;locale=en_US&amp;siteId=ev_pcpa\">add-on ticket<\/a>\u00a0to attend.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1315\" src=\"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cover_Nguyen_A-Man-of-Two-Faces_-A-Memoir-a-History-a-Memorial_thumbnail_A-Man-of-Two-Faces-FINAL-Deb-Seager-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cover_Nguyen_A-Man-of-Two-Faces_-A-Memoir-a-History-a-Memorial_thumbnail_A-Man-of-Two-Faces-FINAL-Deb-Seager-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cover_Nguyen_A-Man-of-Two-Faces_-A-Memoir-a-History-a-Memorial_thumbnail_A-Man-of-Two-Faces-FINAL-Deb-Seager-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cover_Nguyen_A-Man-of-Two-Faces_-A-Memoir-a-History-a-Memorial_thumbnail_A-Man-of-Two-Faces-FINAL-Deb-Seager-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cover_Nguyen_A-Man-of-Two-Faces_-A-Memoir-a-History-a-Memorial_thumbnail_A-Man-of-Two-Faces-FINAL-Deb-Seager-575x863.jpg 575w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cover_Nguyen_A-Man-of-Two-Faces_-A-Memoir-a-History-a-Memorial_thumbnail_A-Man-of-Two-Faces-FINAL-Deb-Seager-380x570.jpg 380w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cover_Nguyen_A-Man-of-Two-Faces_-A-Memoir-a-History-a-Memorial_thumbnail_A-Man-of-Two-Faces-FINAL-Deb-Seager-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cover_Nguyen_A-Man-of-Two-Faces_-A-Memoir-a-History-a-Memorial_thumbnail_A-Man-of-Two-Faces-FINAL-Deb-Seager.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viet Thanh Nguyen was born in Vietnam and raised in America. 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