Navigating the Tension Between Art and Activism

Born a refugee of the Vietnam War, and now a Pulitzer Prize winning American author, Viet Thanh Nguyen unpacks the refugee experience, and the politics and the personal weight of remembering, and forgetting.

This event was recorded at the Melbourne Writers Festival on 11 May 2024.

Speakers

Viet Thanh Nguyen Author, A man of two faces, The Sympathizer, Simone (children's book) and more

Andre Dao (host) Author, Anam (winner of the 2024 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction)Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Melbourne Law School, University of MelbourneCo-founder, Behind the Wire oral history project (and later the award-winning Messenger podcast)