- Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer of the New York Pen League
| Born: | 06 January 1883 Comment | | How old is Kahlil Gibran in 2024? / Age: | 141 years
| | Zodiac sign: | Capricorn |
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Kahlil Gibran facts
- 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
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