Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American professor and writer whose novel "The Sympathizer" won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was scheduled to speak at the 92nd Street Y literary center's Christopher Lightfoot Walker Reading Series event in Manhattan at 8 p.m. The center describes itself on its website as "a proudly Jewish organization." In a statement to Reuters, a spokesperson for 92NY confirmed it postponed the event, citing Nguyen's stance on Israel as well as the Oct. 7 attack by militants of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and continued holding of hostages, which it said "has absolutely devastated the community."
Talk by Pulitzer winner who backs Palestinians canceled by NY Jewish institution By Reuters
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