Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) · CatalogKahlil GibranKahlil Gibran (1883-1931) · CatalogLebanese-American poet and painter, author of The Prophet.Author
Kahlil Gibran
1883-1931 · Lebanese-American poet and painter, author of The Prophet
Short biography: Kahlil Gibran in Great Lives
About Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) was a Lebanese-American poet, painter and writer, born in Bsharri in the mountains of Ottoman Mount Lebanon to a Maronite Catholic family. His family emigrated to Boston in 1895. He studied in Beirut, returned to America, and studied art in Paris. He wrote first in Arabic and later in English, settling in New York in 1911. The Prophet (1923), a book of poetic essays, became one of the best-selling books of the twentieth century. He died in New York in 1931 and was buried in Lebanon.
Notable works
- The Prophet (1923)
- The Madman (1918)
- Jesus, the Son of Man (1928)
On this site
The ProphetKahlil Gibran
1923 · Early 20th Century · Poetry
The Prophet is a book of twenty-six prose poems framed by a simple story. Almustafa, 'the chosen and the beloved', has lived for twelve years in the city of Orphalese, waiting for a ship to carry him home to the island of his birth.