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rofile st; Philosophical Essayist; Novelist; Poet;
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t- eller: “The Prophet” (over 11 million copies sold)
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1883-1931
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fo people would have mastery over their lives. His work influenced America
u r culture in the 1960s, and his style, a combination of beauty and
s ality, became known as “Gibr
Born in Bechari (Bsharri), Lebanon in 1883, Gibran w
writing at an early age. After coming to the United States, Gibran was introdu
to F. Holland Day, a photographer, who tutored him in art and literature. In 1904,
Gibran had his first art exhibition in Boston, and in 1912, he settled in New York,
where he devoted himself to writing and painting. The basic subject in Gibran’s
art was naked human bodies, tenderly intertwined.
Gibran’s early works were written in Arabic, but he wrote mostly in English from
1918 and managed to revolutionize the language of poetry in the 1920s and 30s.
Gibran typically used prophetic tone to condemn the evils that tormented his
homeland or threatened the humankind. After his death in 1931, the Gibran
Museum was established, and in his will, he left all the royalties of his books to his
native village.
David Riklan’s favorite Kahlil Gibran Quotes an
not- n eye, and the whole world would be blind.
- Advance and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do
fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.
An eye for a