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 mehr anzeigen 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) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner [abridged audio] 4 Exemplare
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
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Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan (2009) — Vorwort — 1,897 Exemplare
Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process (2017) — Mitwirkender — 138 Exemplare
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- Andere Namen
- خالد حسینی
Ḥusaynī, Ḫālid (Translit.) - Geburtstag
- 1965-03-04
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- Afghanistan
USA - Land (für Karte)
- Afghanistan
- Geburtsort
- Kabul, Afghanistan
- Wohnorte
- Kabul, Afghanistan
Tehran, Iran
Paris, Frankreich
San Jose, California, USA - Ausbildung
- Santa Clara University (BS|Biology|1988)
University of California, San Diego (MD|1993) - Berufe
- Arzt
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- UNHCR, The United Nations Refugee Agency [U.S. envoy]
Khaled Hosseini Foundation - Agent
- Elaine Koster
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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini in Book talk (Oktober 2019)
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