Authors / person-viet-thanh-nguyen

Viet Thanh Nguyen

American author of fiction.

Wikipedia

Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

2016—2025

Recognition span

Author in the index

Viet Thanh Nguyen has 3 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2016 and 2025. The records span 4 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

National Book Critics Circle Awards2

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence1

Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction1

National Book Awards1

Subject profile

Arts & Criticism1

Memoir & Autobiography1

War & Military1

Indexed works

Books by Viet Thanh Nguyen

3 books · sorted by recognition

Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of WarWar & Military20168 pts A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A MemorialMemoir & Autobiography20236 pts To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an OtherArts & Criticism20254 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Lists	Imprint
2016	Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War	War & Military	8	2	Harvard University Press
2023	A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial	Memoir & Autobiography	6	2	Grove Press
2025	To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other	Arts & Criticism	4	1	Belknap Press

Prize metrics come from Book Prize Index records. Biographical description and portrait metadata are sourced from the matched Wikidata and Wikimedia records; uncertain identity matches are omitted.

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