A powerpoint presentation based on the Prose course offered by the School of Foreign Languages (STIBA IEC), Jakarta, Indonesia

1. A NovelistA Novelist
Khaled Hosseini

2. BiographyBiography
 Name : Khaled Hosseini
 Born : March 4, 1965
Kabul, Afghanistan
 Occupation : Novelist, physician
 Period : 2003 - present
 Genres : Fiction
 Nationality : American

3. Cont’d
 His father was a diplomat with the Afghan Foreign
Ministry.
 His mother was a Farsi and History teacher
in Kabul.
 He graduated from the University of
California-San Diego’s School of Medicine,
in 1993.
 He is married to Roya and has two children

4. Cont’d
Hosseini with Roya
his Wife
Hosseini’s Foundation

5. WORKSWORKS
 The Kite Runner was
published, with little
publicity, in 2003.
 The Kite Runner has sold
more than 12 million
copies, with editions
published in more than 40
languages.
 The Kite Runner has been
adapted into a film of the
same name released in
December, 2007

6. WORKSWORKS
A Thousand Splendid
Suns was released by
Riverhead Books on
May 22, 2007.
 A Thousand Splendid
Suns has sold more
than has sold 4 million
copies in the U.S.

7. ACHIEVEMENTSACHIEVEMENTS
♠ Dr. Khaled Hosseini, was one of the year's honorees of 47th
Annual
International Achievement Summit 2008.
♠ His Novel The Kite Runner received the South African Boeke Prize
in 2004.
♠ The Kite Runner was given its southwest premiere on stage at the
Arizona Theatre Company in September-October of 2009.
♠ The Kite Runner, has become an international publishing
phenomenon and a modern classic.
♠ A Thousand Splendid Suns has become One of the most sensational
literary events of the year 2007.
♠ A Thousand Splendid Suns also stands for 103 weeks on the New
York Times bestseller list.

8. VALUESVALUES
From Hosseini’s quotes;
“there is a way to be good again"-
Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner)
"Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie."
Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner)
… I Learnt that no matter what you do, you always
have the option of
doing good, and if you are willing to do something
right, you have to
face the reality with your own strength.

9. Presented byPresented by
Maryati PatriaMaryati Patria
MulyaniMulyani
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10. Presented byPresented by
Maryati PatriaMaryati Patria
MulyaniMulyani
66thth
SemesterSemester