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Biographies of Khaled Hosseini

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English biographies

Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. In 1970 Hosseini and his family moved to Iran where his father worked for the Embassy of Afghanistan in Tehran. In 1976, when Hosseini was 11 years old, Hosseini's father obtained a job in Paris, France, and moved the family there. They were unable to return to Afghanistan because of the Saur Revolution. They sought political asylum in the United States and made their residence in San Jose, California. Hosseini graduated from Independence High School in San Jose in 1984 and enrolled at Santa Clara University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 1988. The following year, he entered the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, where he earned his M.D. in 1993. He...

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Khaled Hosseini (;Persian/Pashto خالد حسینی [ˈxɒled hoˈsejni]; born March 4, 1965) is an Afghan-American novelist, UNHCR goodwill ambassador, and former physician. His debut novel The Kite Runner (2003) was a critical and commercial success; the book and his subsequent novels have all been at least partially set in Afghanistan and have featured an Afghan as the protagonist. Hosseini's novels have enlightened the global audience about Afghanistan's people and culture. Hosseini was briefly a resid...

Biography was retrieved from Wikipedia and was last updated on June 2024.

French biographies

Khaled Hosseini (en persan : خالد حسینی), né le 4 mars 1965 à Kaboul, est un écrivain américain d'origine afghane, installé en Californie. Biographie Khaled Hosseini est le cadet de cinq enfants, fils d'un diplomate et d'une professeur de farsi dans une école de filles, Khaled Hosseini suit les affectations de sa famille, d'abord en Iran (1970), revient à Kaboul en 1973, puis à Paris en 1976 où son père occupe une fonction diplomatique à l'ambassade d'Afghanistan (Khaled Hosseini effectue sa ...

Biography was retrieved from Wikipedia and was last updated on February 2024.

Arabic biographies

خالد حسيني (بالإنجليزية: Khaled Hosseini)‏ كاتب وطبيب أفغاني أمريكي ولد في 4 مارس 1965 في كابل في أفغانستان. روايته الأولى عداء الطائرة الورقية تصدرت قائمة الكتب الأكثر مبيعاً لمدة 4 أسابيع. أما روايته الثانية ألف شمس ساطعة تصدرت قائمة صحيفة نيويورك تايمز لأكثر الكتب مبيعاً لمدة 21 أسبوع و49 أسبوع لأفضل غلاف فني. وصلت مبيعات كلتا الروايتين إلى 38 مليون نسخة على الصعيد الدولي. سيرته في عام 1970 انتقل وعائلته إلى إيران حيث كان والده يعمل في سفارة أفغانستان في طهران. ثم عادت عائلة حسيني إلى كابو...

Biography was retrieved from Wikipedia and was last updated on December 2023.

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