Senior Day speaker Khaled Hosseini believes change can
come, one engaged mind at a time
For as long as there have been creative writing teachers,
there has been the simple mantra “write what you know.”
Perhaps a better paraphrase is “write from your heart,” or
“tell your story.” In any case, Vanderbilt’s Senior Day
speaker and the recipient of the 2010 Nichols-Chancellor’s
Medal – author and humanitarian Khaled Hosseini – has done
just that. In the process, he has positively impacted the
world in ways far greater than he ever imagined.
Hosseini is best known for his acclaimed novels The
Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, both
of which are set in a vibrant and beautiful pre-war Kabul,
Afghanistan. It is a region he fondly remembers from his own
childhood, a land now known for decades-long civil war and
strife. |
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