Kahlil Gibran

Born

in Bsharri, Lebanon

January 06, 1883

Died

April 10, 1931

Genre

Philosophy, Poetry, Spirituality

Influences

Mikhail Naimy, Ameen Rihani, Friedrich Nietzsche, Maurice Maeterlinck, ...more

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Kahlil Gibran (Arabic: جبران خليل جبران ) was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer.
Born in the town of Bsharri in modern-day Lebanon (then part of Ottoman Mount Lebanon), as a young man he emigrated with his family to the United States where he studied art and began his literary career. 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 ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 261,364 ratings · 14,673 reviews · 565 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Prophet 4.23 avg rating — 187,950 ratings — published 1923 — 920 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran, Anthony R. Ferris ( Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 14,682 ratings — published 1912 — 160 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الأرواح المتمردة by Kahlil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran 3.95 avg rating — 6,393 ratings — published 1908 — 114 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Madman 4.09 avg rating — 6,503 ratings — published 1918 — 223 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sand and Foam 4.08 avg rating — 4,807 ratings — published 1926 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tear and a Smile by Kahlil Gibran, H.M. Nahmad (Translator) , Robert Hillyer (Introduction) 4.03 avg rating — 3,888 ratings — published 1914 — 126 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	پیامبر و دیوانه by Kahlil Gibran, نجف دریابندری (Translator) 3.41 avg rating — 2,388 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Garden of The Prophet 3.87 avg rating — 2,592 ratings — published 1931 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Treasured Writings of Kahlil Gibran 4.42 avg rating — 1,889 ratings — published 1947 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	العواصف by Kahlil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran 3.93 avg rating — 1,703 ratings — published 1991 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Kahlil Gibran

Gibran's Treasury (3 books)
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Kahlil Gibran

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Quotes by Kahlil Gibran

“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

tags: philosophy, poetry

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“If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were.”
― Kahlil Gibran

tags: life, love, romance

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“Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.”
― Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

tags: love, marriage

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Polls

July 2016 Short Story Poll

Animal Farm by George Orwell, 102 pages, 1945

73 votes, 30.5%

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 64 pages, 1892

58 votes, 24.3%

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, 122 pages, 1879

45 votes, 18.8%

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig, 104 pages, 1941

32 votes, 13.4%

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, 127 pages, 1923

13 votes, 5.4%

Lost Boy: A Novella by Thomas Wolfe, 95 pages, 1937

11 votes, 4.6%

A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett, 32 pages, 1886

7 votes, 2.9%

239 total votes

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