Kahlil Gibran nampak sebagai perpaduan yang indah antara Tagore, La Fontaine, Nietzsche, dan Sigmund Freud. (The Evening Transcript, 19 Maret 1927) Keindahan ekspresi dan keindahan misteri yang terkandung dalam syair maupun parabel Mr. Gibran telah memenuhi standar tulisan kitab suci. (Jhon Heynes Holmes, Materi Urusan Gereja New York, dalam peluncuran buku Jesus the Son of Man, 1928) Pengaruh Kahlil Gibran sedemikian luas, sehingga kita dengan mudah akan menemukan berbagai tulisan yang bercorak "gibranisme", bukan hanya di Timur Tengah, tetapi juga di amerika, Eropa dan bahkan Amerika Latin. (Philip K. Hitti, pakar Sejarah Kebudayaan Arab, dalam acara pemberian penghargaan kepada Kahlil Gibran oleh Arab-american Society,1929)
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Kahlil Gibran (Arabic: جبران خليل جبران ) was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer. Born in the town of Bsharri in modern-day Lebanon (then part of Ottoman Mount Lebanon), as a young man he emigrated with his family to the United States where he studied art and began his literary career. In the Arab world, Gibran is regarded as a literary and political rebel. His romantic style was at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature, especially prose poetry, breaking away from the classical school. In Lebanon, he is still celebrated as a literary hero. He is chiefly known in the English-speaking world for his 1923 book The Prophet, an early example of inspirational fiction including a series of philosophical essays written in poetic English prose. The book sold well despite a cool critical reception, gaining popularity in the 1930s and again, especially in the 1960s counterculture. Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu.
