Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer of the New York Pen League.
Gibran was born in the town of Bsharri in the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate, Ottoman Empire (north of modern-day Lebanon), to Khalil Gibran and Kamila Gibran (Rahmeh). As a young man Gibran immigrated with his family to the United States, where he studied art and began his literary career, writing in both English and Arabic. 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 Laozi.
Gibran was born in the town of Bsharri in the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate, Ottoman Empire (north of modern-day Lebanon), to Khalil Gibran and Kamila Gibran (Rahmeh). As a young man Gibran immigrated with his family to the United States, where he studied art and began his literary career, writing in both English and Arabic. 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 Laozi.
Poems
- The Three Ants - Poem By Kahlil Gibran
- Said a Blade of Grass - Poem By Kahlil Gibran
- And When My Sorrow was Born, Poem By Kahlil GIbran
- The Pomegranate - Poem By Kahlil GIbran
- When My Sorrow Was Born - Poem By Kahlil GIbran
- The Two Hermits - Poem By Kahlil Gibran
- The Scarecrow- Poem By Kahlil Gibran
- The Astronomer - Poem By Kahlil Gibran
- War - Poem By Kahlil GIbran
- The Blessed City - Poem By Kahlil Gibran
- The Sleep-Walkers - Poem By Kahlil Gibran
- The Eye & The Fox - Poems By Kahlil Gibran
- The Great Longing - Poem By Kahlil Gibran
- The Wise King - Poem By Kahlil GIbran
- Ambition - Poem By Kahlil Gibran
- The Good God and the Evil God & The Grave-Digger - Poems By Kahlil Gibran
- The Perfect World - Poem By Kahlil Gibran
- The Seven Selves - Poem By Kahlil Gibran
- The Other Language - Poem By Kahlil Gibran
- The Greater Sea - By Kahlil Gibran
- The Wise Dog - Poem By Kahlil GIbran
- The Two Learned Men - Poem By Kahlil GIbran
- My Friend - Poem By Kahlil Gibran
- Crucified, Poem By Kahlil Gibran
- Night and the Madman, Poem By Kahlil Gibran
- Defeat, Poem By Kahlil Gibran
- Faces, Poem By Kahlil Gibran
- God - Poem By Kahlil Gibran
Quotes
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Houses
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Work
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Eating and Drinking
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Giving
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Marriage
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Love
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Laws
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Prayer
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Freedom
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Joy and Sorrow
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Talking
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Teaching
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Reason and Passion
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Buying and Selling
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Self-Knowledge
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Crime and Punishment
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Time
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Good and Evil
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Pleasure
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Beauty
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Religion
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Friendship
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Death
- Kahlil Gibran Quotes About Children