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Hosseini Khaled
Birth at
4 March 1965
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Hosseini Khaled was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 4, 1965. Thanks to the fact that his father was a diplomat, the boy’s family was able to move to America in his time. Her mother taught history and Farsi at an educational institution for girls.
In 1976, Khaled’s father was given a post in Paris at the Afghan embassy, and they moved to France, were supposed to return in 1980, but it was then that the coup took place in Afghanistan, Soviet troops entered the country. They had to go to America,
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Hosseini Khaled was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 4, 1965. Thanks to the fact that his father was a diplomat, the boy’s family was able to move to America in his time. Her mother taught history and Farsi at an educational institution for girls.
In 1976, Khaled’s father was given a post in Paris at the Afghan embassy, and they moved to France, were supposed to return in 1980, but it was then that the coup took place in Afghanistan, Soviet troops entered the country. They had to go to America, settled the family in the small town of San Jose, California.
Khaled received higher education already in the United States, at the University of California at the Faculty of Medicine. The future writer sought to help and benefit people, so he chose medicine as his future career.
However, a little later, after Khaled worked a little in the specialty, it turned out that he had a literary gift. Khaled’s first novel was The Wind Runner, where he told the story of Afghanistan. Readers and critics enthusiastically welcomed this work, in 2007 the book was filmed, a drama was released.
"Wind Runner" .
Afghan authorities banned the screening of this film in the country, but Khaled continued his activities without responding to taboos.
A second work, titled A Thousand Shining Suns, was released in 2007, and quickly became popular and sold in almost every English-speaking country. The book tells the story of two women of Afghan origin, about their difficult fates. Even now this novel is in the first lines of ratings of book charts.
Khaled Hosseini is actively engaged in creative work, humanitarian work, trying to help Afghans with all his might, in addition, he is the US representative to the UN for refugees. Khaled was also involved in the creation of the Afghan Children’s Fund.
The writer is married and lives with his wife and two children in Northern California.