Date: May 1, 2024
Venue: Freer Gallery of Art | Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen joined the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art for a conversation on the process of adapting his acclaimed novel The Sympathizer for the screen.
Moderated by Dr. Sylvia Chong, associate professor at the University of Virginia, the discussion explored the creative and political dimensions of bringing Vietnamese and refugee narratives to Hollywood. Nguyen reflected on storytelling, representation, and the complexities of translating literature into visual form. Themes that continue to shape his work and the broader landscape of Vietnamese American art.
