SynopsisKahlil Gibran's best-known work, The Prophet, is a book of 26 poetic essays written in English.
Kahlil Gibran took more than 11 years to formulate and perfect this book. The Prophet represents the height of Gibran's literary career as he came to be noted as 'the Bard of Washington Street'. The twelve illustrations in this volume are drawn by the author himself.
The Prophet is full of religious inspirations and its fame has spread throughout the world having been translated into well over 40 languages. It is considered the most widely read book of the 20th century. The first edition of 1300 copies sold out within a month.
Captivating and vivified with feeling, the book is clearly a masterwork.
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About the author
Born in 1883 in Lebanon, Khalil Gibran was a writer, artist and a poet whose most influential works till now remains The Prophet. Having studied art in Paris, Gibran also curated hundreds of paintings and drawings. In 1920, he co-founded a literary society, The Pen-bond Society (also known as Al Rabitat al Qualamiya) along with other poets of Arab and Lebanese origin. Gibran passed away in New York City on April 10, 1931.