Khaled Hosseini
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Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 4, 1965. He received a bachelor's degree in biology from Santa Clara University in 1988 and a medical degree from the University of California-San Diego's School of Medicine in 1993. He was a practicing internist from 1996 to 2004. While in näytä lisää medical practice, he began writing his first novel, The Kite Runner, which was published in 2003. His other books include A Thousand Splendid Suns and And the Mountains Echoed. In 2006, he was named a Goodwill Envoy to UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency. He established The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a nonprofit that provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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Tekijän teokset
The Kite Runner [abridged audio] 4 kappaletta
Sacred Causes 1 kappale
Land of a Thousand Suns 1 kappale
ألف شمس ساطعة 1 kappale
Associated Works
Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan (2009) — Esipuhe — 1,901 kappaletta
Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process (2017) — Avustaja — 138 kappaletta
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Yleistieto
- Muut nimet
- خالد حسینی
- Syntymäaika
- 1965-03-04
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- Afghanistan
USA - Maa (karttaa varten)
- Afghanistan
- Syntymäpaikka
- Kabul, Afghanistan
- Asuinpaikat
- Kabul, Afganistan (syntymäpaikka)
- Koulutus
- Santa Clara University (BS|Biology|1988)
University of California, San Diego (MD|1993) - Ammatit
- Doctor of medicine
- Organisaatiot
- UNHCR, The United Nations Refugee Agency [U.S. envoy]
Khaled Hosseini Foundation - Agentti
- Elaine Koster
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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Book talk (lokakuuta 2019)
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