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- NAME: Khalil Gibran
- OCCUPATION: Illustrator, Journalist, Author, Poet
- BIRTH DATE: January 06, 1883
- DEATH DATE: April 10, 1931
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Bsharri, Lebanon
- PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
- Originally: Jubran Khalil Jubran
- AKA: Khalil Jubran
- AKA: Khalil Gibran
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Philosophical essayist, novelist, poet and artist Khalil Gibran wrote The Prophet, a book of poetic essays that achieved cult status among American youth.
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Khalil Gibran was born on January 6, 1883, in Bsharri, Lebanon. He immigrated with his parents to Boston in 1895, and later settled in New York City. His works, written in both Arabic and English, are full of lyrical outpourings and express his deeply religious and mystical nature. The Prophet (1923), a book of poetic essays, achieved cult status among American youth for several generations. Gibran died in New York City on April 10, 1931.
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