Kahlil Gibran
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Kahlil Gibran , 1883-1931, Lebanese poet and novelist. He wrote in both English and Arabic. Gibran settled in New York City in 1912. Fusing elements of Eastern and Western mysticism, he achieved lasting fame with such aphoristic, poetic works as The Prophet (1923) and Jesus, the Son of Man (1928).
Bibliography: See biographies by K. and J. Gibran (rev. ed. 1991), S. Bushrui and J. Jenkins (1999), and R. Waterfield (1999).
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