Dr. Viet Thanh Nguyen, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer stated his look at an occasion was canceled by a Jewish group in New York City with none clarification, because of his pro-Palestine views after he signed an open letter condemning Israel’s “indiscriminate violence” in Gaza.
Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American professor and author whose novel “The Sympathizer” received the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was scheduled to talk on the 92nd Street Y Literary Center in Manhattan at 8 p.m. on Friday.
Writing on Instagram, Nguyen stated he realized at 3 p.m. that the occasion had been canceled by the 92NY. The middle describes itself on its web site as “a proudly Jewish organization.”
“Their language was ‘postponement,’ but no reason was given, no other date was offered, and I was never asked,” Nguyen wrote. “So, in effect, cancellation. Some people in social media comments say they heard it was a bomb threat. I’ve heard no such thing from 92Y staff.”
Spokespeople for 92NY didn’t reply to emails from Reuters requesting remark. Nguyen’s representatives didn’t reply to messages looking for extra particulars.
Israel launched ruthless assaults on Gaza following a shock assault by Hamas on Oct. 7. The nation imposed a “total siege” of Gaza that has left the enclave’s 2.3 million folks operating out of meals, water, medicines and gasoline.
In an Instagram put up on Thursday, Nguyen stated he signed the open letter together with different authors as a result of the impact of Israel’s coverage was the inevitable demise of civilians.
“That is wrong and it must stop,” he wrote, saying he remained a robust supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions motion that requires financial strain on Israel to finish the occupation of Palestinian land.
Nguyen stated the organizers of Friday evening’s occasion switched it to an unbiased bookshop.
“I spoke about my book, yes, but also about how art is silenced in times of war and division because some people only want to see the world as us vs them,” Nguyen wrote on Saturday. “And writing is the only way I know how to fight. And writing is the only way I know how to grieve.”
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