Linh Dinh is a Vietnamese-American poet, fiction writer, and essayist. He is the author of two collections of short stories, five books of poems, a novel, and numerous translations of Vietnamese poetry and fiction. He is the recipient of a Pew Foundation grant, the David T. Wong Fellowship, a Lannan Residency and the Asian American Literary award. Dinh is a 2013 Avenali Resident Fellow in the department of South & Southeast Asian Studies.

Linh Dinh will discuss his preoccupation with collapse, including how the 1975 fall of South Vietnam influenced his thinking and writing, as seen in his novel Love Like Hate. Dinh explains how this formative experience colored his view of the world and history.

Free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by Center for Southeast Asia Studies and Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies.

Event Contact: cseas@berkeley.edu