The timeless wisdom, humanity and bold sweep of his enriching writing clearly emerges in this collection by Kahlil Gibran Kahlil Gibran 1883 - 1931 Poet, philosopher and artist, Gibran was born in Lebanon. In 1912 he moved to the USA and made his home in New York City, and there devoted his time to writing literary essays and short stories, both in Arabic and English. His writing is highly romantic and influenced by the Bible, Blake and Nietzsche.
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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.
