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Introduction |
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Gibran was born on 6th January, 1883, in the mountainous
area of Northern Lebanon. He had a half-brother six
years older than him and two younger sisters. When
Gibran was eight years old, his father was imprisoned
for tax evasion which resulted in the Gibans' property
being confiscated. As a result,
the family was homeless and lived with relatives for
a while before his mother, a strong-willed woman, decided
to emigrate to the US to seek a better life. There
they settled in Boston's South End. |
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| Although originally placed in an ungraded class where
immigrant children had to learn English from scratch,
Gibran soon caught the eye of his teachers with his
sketches and drawings, which eventually led to him
being supported by an artistic benefactor, Fed Holland
Day, which allowed Gibran to develop his talents
to become a high-profile philosophical
essayist, novelist, mystical poet and artist. |
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| Gibran died of liver disease, possibly caused by
alcoholism, in New York on 10th April, 1931. His body
was shipped back to Lebanon where, alongside his tomb
in his hometown, The Gibran Museum was later established.
In his will he left all royalties from his books
to his native village. |
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| Him most famous work and the one that he will always
be remembered for was The Prophet, a book of 26 poetic
essays originally published in 1923 and since translated
into over 20 languages. The book became a counterculture
guide in the 1960s and has remained a favourite of
spiritual and New Age communities ever since. |
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