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 visa mer 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) visa färre
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Verk av Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner [abridged audio] 4 exemplar
Sacred Causes 1 exemplar
Land of a Thousand Suns 1 exemplar
ألف شمس ساطعة 1 exemplar
Ainsi Résonne l'Écho Infini des Montagnes 1 exemplar
Deniz Duası (Turkish Edition) 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
Skolor av sten : att verka för fred i Afghanistan och Pakistan med böcker i stället för bomber (2009) — Förord — 1,897 exemplar
Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process (2017) — Bidragsgivare — 138 exemplar
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- Andra namn
- خالد حسینی
- Födelsedag
- 1965-03-04
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- Afghanistan
USA - Land (för karta)
- Afghanistan
- Födelseort
- Kabul, Afghanistan
- Bostadsorter
- Kabul, Afghanistan (birth)
Tehran, Iran
Paris, France
San Jose, California, USA - Utbildning
- Santa Clara University (BS|Biology|1988)
University of California, San Diego (MD|1993) - Yrken
- Doctor of medicine
- Organisationer
- UNHCR, The United Nations Refugee Agency [U.S. envoy]
Khaled Hosseini Foundation - Agent
- Elaine Koster
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Diskussioner
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini i Book talk (oktober 2019)
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- 16
- Även av
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- Medlemmar
- 90,875
- Popularitet
- #106
- Betyg
- 4.2
- Recensioner
- 2,571
- ISBN
- 640
- Språk
- 40
- Favoritmärkt
- 240