Authors+Of+Afghanistan

Atiq Rahimi
= (1962- ) =

Atiq Rahimi was born in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1962. When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Rahimi fled to Pakistan for a year. Rahimi then relocated to France after receiving Political Asylum. His first book "Earth and Ashes" was a bestseller in Europe and South America. He later made a movie based on this book and was awarded the Prix du Regard Vers L'Avenir at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004. Atiq Rahimi is currently living in France.

= Khaled Hosseini =

= = = (1965- ) =

Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1965. He and his family later moved to the U.S and received Political Asylum in 1980. He was named a U.S Envoy to the United Nations Refugee Agency in 2006. "The Kite Runner" was his first novel which was later made into a movie. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" is his second book. Khaled Hosseini is a doctor currently living in California.

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