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Essay Archive - Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran
 Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), a poet, philosopher, and  an artist was born in
Lebanon, a land which  has produced many prophets. The millions of Arabic
speaking people, familiar with his writing consider him a genius of his age.
However, his fame and influence was not limited to the Near East only, but far
beyond these borders. His poetry has been translated into more than twenty
languages. His drawings and paintings  have been exhibited in the great capitals
of the world and compared by Auguste Rodin to the work of William Blake. In the
United State....
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