1. KAHLIL GIBRAN
Poet, Painter, Novelist,
Essayist and Philosopher
Becharre, Lebanon (1883) - N.Y. (1931)
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2. At the age of 11,he with his family
Migrated to the United states in
search of new opportunities
His fame and influence spreads
throughout the world.
His reflections and poetry have been
translated into over twenty languages ​and
his drawings and paintings have been
exhibited in major world capitals.

3. Gibran was an accomplished artisit.
He has attended art school in Paris from
1908 to 1910, pursuing a symbolist and
romantic style over then up-and-coming
realism.
His more than 700 images include
portraits of his friends WB Yeats, Carl
Jung and August Rodin.
A possible Gibran painting was the
subject of a June 2012 episode of the
PBS TV series History Detectives

4. Works
NuAra'is al-Muruj
al-Arwah al-Mutamarrida
al-Ajniha al-Mutakassira
Dam'a wa Ibtisama al-Mawakib
al-‘Awāsif
al-Bada'i' waal-Tara'if
The Madman
Twenty Drawings
The Forerunner
The Prophet
Sand and Foam
Kingdom of the Imagination
Jesus, The Son of Man

5. QUOTATIONS OF KAHLIL GIBRAN

6. It is said that on one occasion,
a woman carrying a child in his arms, he said:
"Master, tell us about the children" and he replied:

7. "They can
house their bodies
but not their souls,
for their souls dwell
in the house of tomorrow,
that even in dreams
visit will be given. "

8. " God made Truth with
many doors to welcome
every believer who knocks
on them.. "

9. Honors
Lebanese Ministry of Post and
Telecommunications published a stamp
in his honor in 1971.
Gibran Museum in Bsharri, Lebanon
Gibran Khalil Gibran Garden, Beirut,
Lebanon
Gibran Khalil Gibran collectin,
Soumaya Museum, Mexico.
Kahlil Gibran Street, Ville Saint-
Laurent, Quebec, Canada inaugurated on
27 Sept. 2008 on occasion of the 125th
anniversary of his birth.
Kahlil gibran
museum

10. Death and legacy
Gibran died in New York City on April
10, 1931: the cause was determined to be
cirrhosis of the liver and tuberculosis.
Before his death, Gibran expressed the
wish that he be buried in Lebanon. This
wish was fulfilled in 1932.
The words written next to Gibran's
grave are "a word I want to see written
on my grave: I am alive like you, and I
am standing beside you. Close your eyes
and look around, you will see me in front
of you ...."