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ABOUT THE POET
Gibran Khalil Gibran (usually written/spelled “Kahlil Gibran” in English) was a Lebanese-American philosophical essayist, novelist, mythical poet and visual artist. He was born on January 6, 1883, in a mountainous area in Northern Lebanon. Gibran grew up in poverty and was a solitary and pensive child who relished the dramatic beauty of nature - a trait that strongly influenced his writings. His mother decided to immigrate with Gibran and her other children to the United States in 1895 and settled in Boston's South End, where they began going to school and learning English. Gibran's talents as an artist caught the attention of a local arts supporter, and he had his first an exposition at age 21. He went on to study an in Paris from 1908 to 1910. In 1912, he settled in New York and devoted himself to writing and painting. He died in New York on April 10, 1931, of liver disease. Among his best known works is The Prophet, a book of 26 poetic essays, translated into over 20 languages. He viewed the world as made sterile by conventions, but through love and good will, humankind could be enlightened.

A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives in this world warbling. If we do not cherish him, he spreads his wings and flies back into his homeland.
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