Khaled hosseini's background

Khalid Husseini was born in Kabul from 65438 to 0965. His father is a diplomat and his mother is a teacher at Kabul Girls' School.

1970 The whole family was sent to Tehran with their father, 1973 moved back to Kabul. In the same year, his mother gave birth to the youngest brother. This year is the last year for the Afghan regime to maintain stability. After that, the coup d' é tat and foreign invasion ended Housainy's wonderful childhood in Afghanistan.

From 65438 to 0976, Husseini's father found a job in Paris and his family moved to Paris. Due to the extremely unstable regime in Afghanistan, the whole family never returned to China.

1980, when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, his father decided to apply for political asylum in the United States, and then his family immigrated to San Jose, California. The Husseini family, who just arrived in the United States, went through a period of poverty.

1984, Husseini graduated from high school and applied to study biology at Santa Clara University. After graduation, he studied in the medical department of the University of California, San Diego.

From 65438 to 0993, Husseini became a doctor after obtaining MD (medical license).

1999, Husseini came across a report that the Taliban banned citizens from flying kites, which was Husseini's favorite activity in Kabul when he was a child. On a whim, he wrote a short story, which was finally expanded into the novel The Kite Runner at 200 1.

In 2003, The Kite Runner, Husseini's first novel, was a great success, winning various newcomer awards and ranking 13 1 week in Amazon list.

In 2006, Husseini won the United Nations Humanitarian Award and was invited as a goodwill ambassador of UNHCR to promote refugee relief.

In 2007, Husseini published his second novel, Brilliant Thousand Sunnies, which made him a mature writer widely recognized.

From June 5438+065438+ 10, 2009, Husseini began to write Echo of the Mountain, and the first draft was not completed until June 5438+02, and the writing lasted for three years. This book was first published on 20 13.

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Khalid Husseini's first novel, The Kite Runner, tells the story of Amir, a rich young master in Kabul, and Hassan, a servant, and integrates political events such as the end of the Afghan monarchy, the rise of the Taliban and "9. 1 1" into the novel's life background.

In the process of growing up, the protagonist in the book witnessed the eternal topics of human beings such as war, religion, love, guilt and atonement. The second novel, Brilliant Thousand Yang, is regarded as the female version of The Kite Runner, which tells how two Afghan women struggle to survive in marital violence, drought and poverty.

Echo of the Mountain tells the story of a brother and sister who were abandoned by poverty and war in 60 years. Around parents, brothers and sisters, even cousins and stepmother, how they love each other, how they get hurt, how they betray each other and how they sacrifice for each other. This novel explores exile, self-sacrifice and complicated family relations. Family is the most important theme in Husseini's writing, and the writing of Echo of the Mountain begins with the concept of family.

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