Kahlil Gibran (khalil Gibran) a lebanese American artist,poet and a writer. He is born in christian maronite town of Bsharii. A son of a Maronite Chatolic priest.
Gibran's best-known work is The Prophet, a book composed of twenty-six poetic essays.
One of his most notable lines of poetry in the English-speaking world is from "Sand and Foam" (1926), which reads : "Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you".
HIs Works :
In Arabic:
* Nubthah fi Fan Al-Musiqa (1905)
* Ara'is al-Muruj (Nymphs of the Valley, also translated as Spirit Brides, 1906)
* al-Arwah al-Mutamarrida (Spirits Rebellious, 1908)
* al-Ajniha al-Mutakassira (Broken Wings, 1912)
* Dam'a wa Ibtisama (A Tear and A Smile, 1914)
* al-Mawakib (The Processions, 1919)
* al-‘Awāsif (The Tempests, 1920)
* al-Bada'i' waal-Tara'if (The New and the Marvellous,1923)
In English, prior to his death:
* The Madman (1918) (downloadable free version)
* Twenty Drawings (1919)
* The Forerunner (1920)
* The Prophet, (1923)
* Sand and Foam (1926)
* Kingdom Of The Imagination (1927)
* Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)
* The Earth Gods (1931)
Posthumous, in English:
* The Wanderer (1932)
* The Garden of the Prophet(1933)
* Lazarus and his Beloved (1933)
* Prose and Poems (1934)
* A Self-Portrait (1959)
* Thought and Meditations (1960)
* Spiritual sayings (1962)
* Voice of the master (1963)
* Mirrors of the Soul (1965)
* Death Of The Prophet (1979)
* The Vision (1994)
* Eye of the Prophet (1995)
Gibran's best-known work is The Prophet, a book composed of twenty-six poetic essays.
One of his most notable lines of poetry in the English-speaking world is from "Sand and Foam" (1926), which reads : "Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you".
HIs Works :
In Arabic:
* Nubthah fi Fan Al-Musiqa (1905)
* Ara'is al-Muruj (Nymphs of the Valley, also translated as Spirit Brides, 1906)
* al-Arwah al-Mutamarrida (Spirits Rebellious, 1908)
* al-Ajniha al-Mutakassira (Broken Wings, 1912)
* Dam'a wa Ibtisama (A Tear and A Smile, 1914)
* al-Mawakib (The Processions, 1919)
* al-‘Awāsif (The Tempests, 1920)
* al-Bada'i' waal-Tara'if (The New and the Marvellous,1923)
In English, prior to his death:
* The Madman (1918) (downloadable free version)
* Twenty Drawings (1919)
* The Forerunner (1920)
* The Prophet, (1923)
* Sand and Foam (1926)
* Kingdom Of The Imagination (1927)
* Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)
* The Earth Gods (1931)
Posthumous, in English:
* The Wanderer (1932)
* The Garden of the Prophet(1933)
* Lazarus and his Beloved (1933)
* Prose and Poems (1934)
* A Self-Portrait (1959)
* Thought and Meditations (1960)
* Spiritual sayings (1962)
* Voice of the master (1963)
* Mirrors of the Soul (1965)
* Death Of The Prophet (1979)
* The Vision (1994)
* Eye of the Prophet (1995)
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