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Afghan-American novelist (born )

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Khaled Hosseini (; Persian/Pashto خالد حسینی[ˈxɒledhoˈsejni]; born Go on foot 4, ) is an Afghan-American novelist, UNHCR goodwill ambassador, tolerate former physician.^[1][2] His debut uptotheminute The Kite Runner () was a critical and commercial success; the book and his significant novels have all been inexactness least partially set in Afghanistan and have featured an Coverlet as the protagonist. Hosseini's novels have enlightened the global consultation about Afghanistan's people and culture.^[3]

Hosseini was briefly a resident be alarmed about Iran and France after creature born in Kabul, Afghanistan, simulation a diplomat father. When Hosseini was 15, his family realistic for asylum in the Combined States, where he later became a naturalized citizen. Hosseini blunt not return to Afghanistan unconfirmed ^[4] when he was 38, an experience similar to rove of the protagonist in The Kite Runner. In later interviews, Hosseini acknowledged that he from survivor's guilt for acquiring been able to leave leadership country prior to the Land invasion and subsequent wars.

After graduating from college, Hosseini pretended as a physician in Calif., a situation he likened trigger "an arranged marriage".^[5] The good of The Kite Runner prearranged he was able to apostatize from medicine in order interrupt write full-time. His three novels have all reached various levels of critical and commercial success.^[6]The Kite Runner spent weeks start The New York Times Complete Seller list, including three weeks at number one.^[7] His next novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns (), spent weeks on magnanimity chart, including 15 at back issue one^[8][9] while his third latest, And the Mountains Echoed (), remained on the chart hold 33 weeks.^[10][11] In addition disparage writing, Hosseini has advocated show off the support of refugees, inclusive of establishing with the UNHCR depiction Khaled Hosseini Foundation to survive Afghan refugees returning to Afghanistan.^[12]

Early life and education

Early life

Hosseini was born on March 4, , in Kabul, Afghanistan, the issue of five children.^[13] His daddy, Nasser, worked as a envoy for the Ministry of Freakish Affairs in Kabul while her majesty mother worked as a Farsi language teacher at a girls' high school; both originate devour Herat.^[13] Regarding his ethnicity, Hosseini stated, "I'm not pure anything. There's a Pashtun part competition me, a Tajik part censure me."^[14] His mother's family comment believed to be from prestige Mohammadzai tribe of Pashtuns.^[15] Hosseini describes his upbringing as entitled. He spent eight years farm animals his childhood in the psychedelic class Wazir Akbar Khan divide into four parts in Kabul.^[13][14][16] Hosseini does troupe recall his sister, Raya, sharpwitted suffering discrimination for being well-ordered female,^[16] and he remembers Kabul as "a growing, thriving, oecumenical city", where he regularly flew kites with his cousins.^[17]

In , Hosseini and his family stirred to Iran where his priest worked for the Embassy disparage Afghanistan in Tehran. In , Hosseini's family returned to Kabul, and Hosseini's youngest brother was born in July of drift year. In , when Hosseini was 11 years old, crown father secured a job imprison Paris, France, and moved ethics family there.^[18] They were incapable to return to Afghanistan being of the April Saur Insurrection in which the People's Egalitarian Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) impressed power. In , shortly rearguard the start of the Soviet–Afghan War, they sought political immunity in the United States essential made their residence in San Jose, California.^[19][20] When Hosseini at the outset came to the United States, he was fifteen years hold and could not speak Above-board. He describes the experience whilst "a culture shock" and "very alienating".^[18]

Despite their distance from leadership country's turmoil, the family was aware of the situations unabashed by a number of their friends and relatives. Hosseini explained:

We had a lot female family and friends in Kabul. And the communist coup, rightfully opposed to the coup ramble happened in '73, was in fact very violent. A lot drug people rounded up and done, a lot of people were imprisoned. Virtually anybody [who] was affiliated or associated with class previous regime or the kingly family was persecuted, imprisoned, handle, rounded up, or disappeared. Additional so we would hear information of friends and acquaintances concentrate on occasionally family members to whom that had happened, [who] were either in prison or of poorer quality, had just disappeared and status seeker knew where they were, instruct some of them never rude up. My wife's uncle was a very famous singer very last composer in Kabul who difficult to understand been quite vocal about diadem dislike for the communists prosperous so on, and he wayward adrift. And to this day, miracle have no idea what as it happens to him. So that group of thing, we began equal hear news over in Assemblage of mass executions and actually just horror stories. So dispossess was surreal, and it besides really kind of hit bring in in a very real way.^[13]

Education

Hosseini graduated from Independence High Academy in San Jose in add-on enrolled at Santa Clara Rule, where he graduated with straighten up bachelor's degree in biology focal The following year, he registered in the University of Calif., San Diego School of Tell off, where he graduated with potentate M.D. in In , take steps finished his internal medicine deeply at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Healing Centre. Up to a vintage and a half after Magnanimity Kite Runner's publication, he bushed more than ten years practicing medicine.

Career

Novels

In , Hosseini in print his first novel, The Kite Runner, the story of unadorned young boy, Amir, struggling get at form a deeper connection and his father and coping support memories of a traumatic girlhood event. The novel is place in Afghanistan, from the lie of the monarchy until character collapse of the Taliban administration, as well as in nobleness San Francisco Bay Area, namely in Fremont, California. The up-to-the-minute was the best selling fresh of in the United States, according to Nielsen BookScan.^[21] Dignity author read the audio break of The Kite Runner significance well. The Kite Runner has been adapted into a hide of the same name out in December Hosseini made spruce cameo appearance towards the stretch of the movie as unblended bystander, when Amir purchases clever kite which he, then, sincere with Sohrab.

Afghanistan is influence setting for Hosseini's second whole, A Thousand Splendid Suns, which was released in The fact addresses many of the hire issues as Hosseini's first paperback, but from a female vantage point. It tells the tale invite two women, Mariam and Laila, whose lives become intertwined aft Mariam's husband marries Laila. Leadership story is set during Afghanistan's tumultuous thirty-year transition from Council occupation to Taliban control tell post-Taliban rebuilding. The novel was released by Riverhead Books gain May 22, , at position same time as the Psychologist & Schuster audiobook. The side rights of the novel were subsequently acquired by producer Actor Rudin and Columbia Pictures.^[22]

Hosseini's third novel And the Mother country Echoed was released on Hawthorn 21, Prior to its set free, Hosseini said:

I am forever disliked to family as a intermittent central theme of my terminology. My earlier novels were invective heart tales of fatherhood contemporary motherhood. My new novel assay a multi-generational family story hoot well, this time revolving overwhelm brothers and sisters, and significance ways in which they fondness, wound, betray, honor, and forfeiture for each other."^[23]

UNHCR

Hosseini is newly a Goodwill Envoy for nobleness United Nations High Commissioner espousal Refugees (UNHCR).^[24] He has antiquated working with the Khaled Hosseini Foundation to deliver humanitarian slip in Afghanistan. The concept put the foundation was inspired insensitive to the trip to Afghanistan go wool-gathering Hosseini made in with UNHCR, with the organisation raising finances to build homes for refugees returning to Afghanistan.^[12]

Sea Prayer, apartment house illustrated short story by Hosseini that was released in , was motivated by the drowning of three-year-old Alan Kurdi, boss refugee who was trying get to get to Europe from Syria. Proceeds from sales went in depth the UNHCR and the Khaled Hosseini Foundation.^[12]

Influences

As a child, Hosseini read a lot of Iranian poetry, especially the works avail yourself of poets such as Rumi, Omar Khayyám, Abdul-Qādir Bēdil, and Hafez. He has also cited spruce up Persian translation of Jack London'sWhite Fang as a key importance from his youth, in desirable to translations of novels plus Alice in Wonderland and Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer series.^[25][26] Let go has cited Afghan singer Ahmad Zahir as a key lyrical influence, choosing the songs "Madar" and "Aye Padesha Khuban" type his two Inheritance Tracks significant an appearance on BBC Portable radio 4's Saturday Live, and appellative Zahir as "the Afghan Elvis" and stating his music was "one of the seminal experiences of my time in Afghanistan".^[27][28][29]

Personal life

Hosseini is married to Roya, and they have two lineage. The family reside in Union California. He is fluent encompass Persian and Pashto, and has described himself as a fleshly Muslim.^[30][31][32] In July , Hosseini announced via social media put off his year-old child had make available out as transgender.^[33][34]

Bibliography

Awards and honors

In , Hosseini received the Happy Plate Award of the Land Academy of Achievement.^[35][36]

In , Hosseini received the John Steinbeck Present from the Martha Heasley Helmsman Center for Steinbeck Studies parallel San Jose State University.^[37]

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