| Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931)Includes the names: Gibran K, Ǧibrān, K. Gibran, Kahlil Giban, Gibran Jalil, Kalil Gibran, Kalil Gibran, Halil Cibran, kahil gibran, Kahil Gibran ... (see complete list), G. K. Gibran, Kahil Gabran, Jalil Gibran, Kahlil Gibron, Gibran Khalil, Kahlil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran, Kahlin Gibran, Khalil Gibran, Halil Dzubran, Kahlil Gibran, Kahlil Bibran, Kahlil Gibrab, Kahill Gibran, Gibran Gibran, Kaklil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran, JALIL GIBRÁN, Gibran Kahill, Khalil Jibran, Kahlil Gibran, JALIL GILBRAN, Khalid Gibran, Halil Džubran, Kahliil Gibran, Khalil Gibrán, Kakhlil Gibran, Kahilil Gibran, KIahlil Gibran, Kahlil Gilbran, kahlil gribran, HALİL CİBRAN, Khahlil Gilbran, J Gibran Gibran, Khalil Ǧibrān, Gibran K. Gibran, by Kahlil Gibran, Gibran J. Gibran, Ḵalīl Ǧibrān, Chalíl Džibrán, Ĝ. Ĥalil Ĝibran, Kahlil; b21 Gibran, Gibran Gibran Jalil, Jalil Gibrán, Gibran Jalil Gibran, Jalil Gibran Gibran, Gibran Kahil Gibran, Gibran Jalil Gibrán, KHALIL GIBRÁN, Gibran Kahlil Gibran, Gibran Khalil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran Gibran, Gibran Khalil Gibran, Gibran Jalil Gibbran, Jalil Gibrán Gibrán, Gibrán Jalil Gibrán, Ḫalīl Ǧibrān, Gibrán Kahlil Gibrán, Ǧibrān H̲alīl Ǧibrān, Kahill Kahlil; Gibran Gibran, جبران خليل جبران, خليل جبران جبران, جبران خليل جبران, Gibrán Jalil Gibrán, KAHLIL B/W Frontispiece photo GIBRAN, �Gibr�an �Hal�il �Gibr�an, Халиль Джебран Джебран, Khalil Gibran (LB1883-1931) poète & peintre, جبران خليل جبران (Gibran Khalil Gibran) | 22,143 (22,509) | 273 | 828 |  (4.05) | 69 | 0 | Khalil Gibran, also known as Kahlil Gibran, was born on January 6, 1883 in Northern Lebanon. As a result of his family's poverty, he received no formal education as a small child but had regular visits from the local priest who taught him about the Bible as well as the Syrian and Arabic languages. After his father was imprisoned for embezzlement and his family's property was confiscated by the authorities, his mother decided to emigrate to the United States in 1895. They settled in Boston's South End. He attended public school and art school, where he was introduced to the artist, photographer, and publisher Fred Holland Day. A publisher used some of Gibran's drawings for book covers in 1898. His family forced him to return to Lebanon to complete his education and learn the Arabic language. He enrolled in Madrasat-al-Hikmah, a Maronite-founded school, which offered a nationalistic curriculum partial to church writings, history and liturgy. He learned Arabic, French, and exceled in poetry. He returned to the United States in 1902. In 1904, he hosted his first art exhibit, which featured his allegorical and symbolic charcoal drawings. During this exhibition, he met Mary Elizabeth Haskell, who would go on to fund Gibran's artistic development for nearly his entire life. Not only was he an artist, but he also wrote poetry and other works including The Madman, The Prophet, and Sand and Foam. He died of cirrhosis of the liver and tuberculosis on April 10, 1931. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Prophet … (more) |
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| Canonical name | | | Legal name | | | Other names | | | Date of birth | | | Date of death | | | Burial location | | | Gender | | | Nationality | | | Country (for map) | | | Birthplace | | | Place of death | | | Cause of death | | | Places of residence | | | Education | | | Occupations | | | Relationships | | | Organizations | | | Awards and honors | | | Agents | | | Short biography | Khalil Gibran (full Arabic name Gibran Khalil Gibran, sometimes spelled Kahlil;[a] Arabic: جبران خليل جبران / ALA-LC: Jubrān Khalīl Jubrān or Jibrān Khalīl Jibrān) was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer.
Born in the town of Bsharri in the north of modern-day Lebanon (then part of Ottoman Mount Lebanon), as a young man he 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.  | |
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