Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer born in Ottoman Mount Lebanon.
He emigrated to the United States as a young man, where he studied art and began his literary career.
Gibran is considered a literary and political rebel in the Arab world, breaking from classical traditions to pioneer a renaissance in modern Arabic literature.
His most famous work, The Prophet, published in 1923, gained widespread popularity in English-speaking countries despite mixed critical reception.
It became especially influential during the 1960s counterculture movement.
Gibran's romantic style and philosophical essays written in poetic prose have made him the third best-selling poet of all time, behind only Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu.
