Khaled Hosseini
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Khaled Hosseini is an Afghan-American novelist best known for his bestselling debut novel "The Kite Runner" and subsequent works exploring themes of family, exile, and the Afghan experience.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khaled Hosseini canonical | 12 |
| Hosseini | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3633363 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Khaled Hosseini Context triple: [The Kite Runner (film), authorOfOriginalWork, Khaled Hosseini]
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A.
Mohsin Hamid
Mohsin Hamid is a Pakistani novelist and essayist known for his inventive narrative styles and acclaimed works such as "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" and "Exit West."
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B.
Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai is an Indian author best known for her acclaimed novel "The Inheritance of Loss," which explores themes of globalization, migration, and identity.
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C.
Gregory David Roberts
Gregory David Roberts is an Australian author and former fugitive best known for his epic novel "Shantaram," inspired by his own experiences in the Mumbai underworld.
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D.
Isabel Lahiri
Isabel Lahiri is a skilled Europol detective and Rusty Ryan’s former lover who pursues Danny Ocean’s crew in the heist film "Ocean’s Twelve."
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E.
Vikas Swarup
Vikas Swarup is an Indian diplomat and novelist best known for his debut novel "Q & A," which was adapted into the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Khaled Hosseini Target entity description: Khaled Hosseini is an Afghan-American novelist best known for his bestselling debut novel "The Kite Runner" and subsequent works exploring themes of family, exile, and the Afghan experience.
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A.
Mohsin Hamid
Mohsin Hamid is a Pakistani novelist and essayist known for his inventive narrative styles and acclaimed works such as "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" and "Exit West."
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B.
Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai is an Indian author best known for her acclaimed novel "The Inheritance of Loss," which explores themes of globalization, migration, and identity.
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C.
Gregory David Roberts
Gregory David Roberts is an Australian author and former fugitive best known for his epic novel "Shantaram," inspired by his own experiences in the Mumbai underworld.
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D.
Isabel Lahiri
Isabel Lahiri is a skilled Europol detective and Rusty Ryan’s former lover who pursues Danny Ocean’s crew in the heist film "Ocean’s Twelve."
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E.
Vikas Swarup
Vikas Swarup is an Indian diplomat and novelist best known for his debut novel "Q & A," which was adapted into the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afghan-American writer
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novelist ⓘ person ⓘ physician ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| affiliation | UNHCR ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
British Book Awards Author of the Year (2008)
ⓘ
linked to:
British Book Awards Author of the Year
Exclusive Books Boeke Prize ⓘ
linked to:
Boeke Prize
South African Boeke Prize ⓘ
linked to:
Boeke Prize
|
| basedOn | Afghan cultural traditions ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Afghanistan
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1965-03-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Independence High School (San Jose)
ⓘ
Santa Clara University ⓘ UC San Diego School of Medicine ⓘ
linked to:
UC San Diego Health
University of California, San Diego ⓘ |
| employer | Kaiser Permanente ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Pashtun
ⓘ
linked to:
Pashtuns
|
| familyName |
Hosseini
ⓘ
linked to:
Khaled Hosseini
|
| fieldOfWork |
Afghan diaspora
ⓘ
literature ⓘ medicine ⓘ refugee experience ⓘ |
| founded | The Khaled Hosseini Foundation ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Khaled ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Afghan civil war
ⓘ
linked to:
Afghan Civil War
Afghan refugee crisis ⓘ
linked to:
Afghan conflicts
Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medicalSpecialty | internal medicine ⓘ |
| movement |
contemporary literature
ⓘ
humanitarianism ⓘ |
| name | Khaled Hosseini ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage |
Dari
ⓘ
Persian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depicting Afghan history and society
ⓘ
exploring themes of family and exile ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Thousand Splendid Suns
ⓘ
And the Mountains Echoed ⓘ Sea Prayer ⓘ The Kite Runner ⓘ
linked to:
The Kite Runner (novel)
|
| occupation |
novelist
ⓘ
physician ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Afghanistan
ⓘ
Kabul ⓘ |
| positionHeld | UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador ⓘ |
| residence |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
United States of America ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
film adaptation of The Kite Runner
ⓘ
stage adaptation of The Kite Runner ⓘ |
| workLocation |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
San Jose ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
emotionally driven narrative
ⓘ
first-person narration ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Khaled Hosseini Description of subject: Khaled Hosseini is an Afghan-American novelist best known for his bestselling debut novel "The Kite Runner" and subsequent works exploring themes of family, exile, and the Afghan experience.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
album "The Kite Runner (Music from the Motion Picture)"
subject linked to:
concert work "Suite from 'The Kite Runner'"
subject linked to:
concert work "Orchestral Variations on a Theme from 'The Kite Runner'"
subject linked to:
The Kite Runner (novel)
linked to: Khaled Hosseini