Khaled Hosseini

As I wrote earlier, we are reading The Kite Runner in class. I have just started reading the book, and am already amazed by Khaled Hosseini’s writing skills.

Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul in Afghanistan in 1965. His father worked for the Afghan Foreign Ministry and his mother as a teacher. In 1970 the family moved to Tehran in Iran, where his father worked at the Afghan Embassy. In 1976, Khaled's father got a job in Paris, and they decided not to return to their homeland because of the Soviet invasion. Instead, they sought political asylum in the United States and made their residence in San Jose, California.

Khaled Hosseini graduated from the Independence High School in San Jose in 1984, and earned his bachelor’s degree in biology in 1988. Then he entered the University of California where he earned his MD, and completed his residency in internal medicine in 1996. Khaled Hosseini practiced medicine until two years after his release of The Kite Runner.

Khaled Hosseini has been working to provide humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan through The Khaled Hosseini Foundation. The concept for The Khaled Hosseini Foundation was inspired by a trip to Afghanistan Khaled made in 2007 with the UNHCR.

Khaled Hosseini has written two novels so far. His first novel was The Kite Runner, an international bestseller. Then he wrote A Thousand Splendid Suns, which were published in over 40 countries.



Photo from this site