Kahlil Gibran

Also known as Jubrān Khalīl Jubrān, Jubrān, Jubrān Khalīl, Jubran, Jubran Khalil, K. Gibran, Gibran Khalil Gibran, Khalil Gibran

Lebanese-American writer, poet, and painter (1883–1931)

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Kahlil Gibran was a male poet, painter, philosopher, and writer born in 1883 and died in 1931. He held nationalities including LB, US, USA, LBN, and LY, and worked in the United States. His professional activity spanned from 1902 to 1931. He wrote in Arabic and English, producing works in prose, poetry, parables, literature, and fiction.

His notable works include al-Shuʻlah al-zarqā', Mivḥar yetsirot, The Garden of Prophtet, Sand and Foam - a Book of Aphorisms, and The Madman. He is associated with the chillout genre on Last.fm, where he has 375 listeners and 3126 plays. Similar artists include Baz Luhrmann, Peter Pearson & Karen VR, Liam Gillick, Daddy Weyland, and Rita Barkhordarian.

Gibran’s writings include aphorisms such as, "Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be." He has an official website at kahlilgibran.com and is described in various biographical sources. His works are cataloged in multiple library systems, with Open Library listing 813 works.

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Lifespan: 1883–1931
Nationality: LB, US, USA, LBN, LY
Role / Field: Poets, Poetas, Pintores, Filosofos, Escritores, Proza
Language: ara, eng
Gender: Male

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Place of birth: Bsharri
Place of death: New York City
Occupation: philosopher
Educated at: Académie Julian
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: Maronites
Student of: Pierre Amédée Marcel-Béronneau
Genre: fable
Movement: Symbolism
Official website: www.kahlilgibran.com
Image: Kahlil Gibran 1913.jpg
Political ideology: anti-clericalism

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birth name: Gibran Khalil Gibran
topic has template: Template:Kahlil Gibran
date of birth: 1883-01-06
Commons Creator page: Kahlil Gibran
Commons category: Kahlil Gibran
cause of death: cancer
date of death: 1931-00-00
topic's main category: Category:Kahlil Gibran
manner of death: natural causes
name in native language: جُبْران خَليل جُبْران
Commons gallery: جبران خليل جبران
writing language: Arabic
place of burial: Bsharri
ethnic group: Maronites
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
described at URL: www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/y/yabran.htm
start of work period: 1902-01-01
end of work period: 1931-01-01

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Encyclopedic overview

Jubrān Khalīl Jubrān (Arabic: جُبْرَان خَلِيل جُبْرَان) (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran, was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist. He was also considered a philosopher, although he himself rejected the title. He is best known as the author of The Prophet, which was first published in the United States in 1923 and has since become one of the best-selling books of all time, having been translated into more than 100 languages.

Born in Bsharri, a village of the Ottoman-ruled Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate to a Maronite Christian family, young Gibran immigrated with his mother and siblings to the United States in 1895. As his mother worked as a seamstress, he was enrolled at a school in Boston, where his creative abilities were quickly noticed by a teacher who presented him to photographer and publisher F. Holland Day. Gibran was sent back to his native land by his family at the age of fifteen to enroll at the Collège de la Sagesse in Beirut. Returning to Boston upon his youngest sister's death in 1902, he lost his older half-brother and his mother the following year, seemingly relying afterwards on his remaining sister's income from her work at a dressmaker's shop for some time.

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