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 mostra altro 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) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Allen and Unwin Media Centre
Opere di Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner [abridged audio] 4 copie
Sacred Causes 1 copia
Land of a Thousand Suns 1 copia
ألف شمس ساطعة 1 copia
Deniz Duası (Turkish Edition) 1 copia
Opere correlate
Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process (2017) — Collaboratore — 138 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- خالد حسینی
- Data di nascita
- 1965-03-04
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Afghanistan
USA - Nazione (per mappa)
- Afghanistan
- Luogo di nascita
- Kabul, Afghanistan
- Luogo di residenza
- Kabul, Afghanistan (birth)
Tehran, Iran
Paris, France
San Jose, California, USA - Istruzione
- Santa Clara University (BS|Biology|1988)
University of California, San Diego (MD|1993) - Attività lavorative
- Doctor of medicine
- Organizzazioni
- UNHCR, The United Nations Refugee Agency [U.S. envoy]
Khaled Hosseini Foundation - Agente
- Elaine Koster
Utenti
Discussioni
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini in Book talk (Ottobre 2019)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 16
- Opere correlate
- 5
- Utenti
- 90,875
- Popolarità
- #106
- Voto
- 4.2
- Recensioni
- 2,571
- ISBN
- 640
- Lingue
- 40
- Preferito da
- 240