Concetti Chiave
- Khaled Hosseini, a novelist and medical doctor, was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965 into an educated family.
- His family relocated to various capitals due to his father's diplomatic career, finally seeking asylum in the U.S. after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
- Hosseini completed his medical degree at the University of California, San Diego, while nurturing a passion for literature.
- His debut novel, "The Kite Runner," published in 2003, achieved global success, prompting him to write "A Thousand Splendid Suns" in 2007.
- Now an American citizen, Hosseini lives in California and serves as a goodwill envoy for the United Nations Refugee Agency.
Early life and education
A novelist and a medical doctor, Here Hosseini complained his studies and graduated in medicine from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine (1993).
He had always had a strong inclination for literature, and already as a child he was voracious reader, and it was not long before he began writing. For a few years, he was active both as a doctor and as a writer, and he was still practising medicine when his first novel, The Kite Runner, was pubblished in 2003.
Success and recognition
The immense success that this work met with all over the world encouraged him to write a second novel, and in 2007 A Thousand Splendid Suns cam out, soon becoming another bestseller.
Khaled Hosseini is now an American citizen, and lives in California with his Afghan-American wife and their two children. He has been named a US goodwill envoy to the United Nations Refugee Agency.
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