OCC’s Blauvelt Speaker Series presents “A Conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen” at the Grunin Center on Nov. 6.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author will be coming to OCC on Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 11 a.m. The conversation will be hosted on the Grunin Center Main Stage.
The event is free to the public and requires advanced registration. Tickets can be purchased at grunincenter.org. There will also be an informal Q&A for students, faculty, and staff at 12:30 p.m. An OCC email is required for this session.
Nguyen was born in Vietnam and as a child became a refugee to America following the Vietnam War. Nguyen’s goal in his writing is to show an honest, nuanced portrayal of the Vietnam War from a perspective other than America’s. In 2015, he released his novel “The Sympathizer” and received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2016. In 2024, HBO released a critically acclaimed series based on “The Sympathizer” starring Robert Downey, Jr.
For more information on the event, visit grunincenter.org. For more information on Nguyen, visit vietnguyen.info.
