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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viet Thanh Nguyen has received more than 1,009,775 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Viet Thanh Nguyen is the 7,047th most popular writer (down from 6,302nd in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 111th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Vietnamese Writer.

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  • 1.0M

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  • 34.30

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Viet Thanh Nguyen ranks 7,047 out of 7,302. Before him are Hanne Ørstavik, Tahereh Mafi, Koenraad Elst, Rita Dove, Gregory Maguire, and Mike Reiss. After him are James Gould Cozzens, Grace Ogot, Sherman Alexie, Kenneth Turan, Avijit Roy, and Edward P. Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Viet Thanh Nguyen ranks 790. Before him are Darius Maskoliūnas, Monica Anghel, Bert Konterman, Iván Trevejo, Paul McGuigan, and Rustam Sharipov. After him are Ani Choying Drolma, Max Beesley, Yoshiyuki Shinoda, Vik Sahay, Monty Williams, and Marguerite Abouet.

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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), Cung Le (1972), Kim Thúy (1968), Mỹ Tâm (1981), Scotty Nguyen (1962), and Nguyễn Công Phượng (1995). After him are Trần Hiếu Ngân (1974), Hiep Thi Le (1971), Nguyễn Quang Hải (1997), Joseph Cao (1967), Lana Condor (1997), and Nguyễn Tuấn Anh (1995).

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Among WRITERS In Vietnam

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

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