一、作者简介卡勒德·胡赛尼,1965年生于喀布尔,后随父亲逃往美国。胡赛尼毕业于加州大学圣地亚哥医学系,现居加州执业。卡勒德·胡塞尼是阿富汗裔的年轻作家,《追风筝的人》是他的处女作,小说问世后大获成功,成为近年来国际文坛最大的黑马,并蝉联亚马逊排行榜131周之久,全球热销600万册,创下出版奇迹。胡赛尼本人更因小说的巨大影响力,于2006年获得联合国人道主义奖,受邀担任联合国难民署亲善大使,促进难民救援工作。 Author brief introduction Calhoun Hussaini, born in Kabul in 1965, followed by his father fled to the United States. Husseini graduated from the University of California San Diego Department of Medicine and is currently practicing in California. Calhoun Husseini is a young afghan-born writer, “Kite Runner” is his debut, after the success of the novel came to become the largest dark horse in the international literary world in recent years, and reelected the Amazon charts 131 weeks long, the global Selling 6 million copies, setting a publishing miracle. Husseini himself won the UN Humanitarian Prize in 2006 for his fantastic influence on the novel, and was invited to be UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador to promote refugee relief.