Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network
DVAN

DVAN builds community by empowering diasporic writers, poets, and artists. For nearly twenty years, we’ve created spaces and opportunities for Vietnamese writers to express themselves on their own terms.

The DVAN List

A curated selection of novels and short stories by Vietnamese writers that we recommend for screen adaptation. The 2024 DVAN List is available now!

DVAN is a 2024 Artist Choice Awardee!

We are honored to receive support from the Ruth Foundation for the Arts.

Give and Engage

Your support is vital to our community. For nearly twenty years, DVAN’s many programs, events, and initiatives have nurtured and promoted writers and artists of the Vietnamese and Southeast Asian diaspora across the globe. Support our work with a tax deductible donation today!

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We Are Our Stories

Line Papin’s stunning English-language debut, The Girl Before Her offers a window onto the existential anguish of displacement. A coming-of-age tale of inherited trauma that makes peace with the generations of women who’ve come before.

Art by Bao Vuong

Empowered Voices

DVAN spotlights emerging and innovative writers in collaboration with independent and university presses.

Art by Ann Phong

Empowering Vietnamese American Literature and Culture

The Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) uplifts and fosters diasporic Vietnamese literary voices. DVAN promotes nonfiction, fiction, and poetry to empower artists in the diaspora and inspire understanding and dialogue within our community, and with others. We champion our complex and diverse stories for future generations. We are refugees, immigrants, survivors, and descendants, and our stories must be heard.

Our Programs

Public Events

Readings, panel discussions, and festivals

ÁCCENTED

Art & culture show hosted by Viet Thanh Nguyen

diaCRITICS

The Online Publication of DVAN

Publishing

Books by DVAN

Residencies

Workshops

Latest from diaCRITICS, DVAN’s Online Magazine

Rest Well

Dec 4, 2024

As we close out 2024, I invite you to take a look at all diaCRITICS has published this year.

In the Diaspora: November 2024

Nov 27, 2024

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