The ProphetKahlil Gibran

KAHLIL GIBRANAn Introduction

KHALIL GIBRAN

A multi faceted personality Novelist Essayist Poet Painter Sculptor

HIS LIFE

Born on January 6, 1883 Born in Bsharri Born to Kamila and Kahlil Settled in New York City in 1912 Died on April 10, 1931

EDUCATION

Owing to Poverty no formal education He learnt from priests He learnt Bible Arabic Syriac Languages Studied Art with Auguste Rodin Arabic literature in Beirut

GIBRAN- SPECIAL FEATURES

A Romantic Mystic A Visionary His Works Celebrate Love

Beauty Freedom

His Prose is more Lyrical in Quality Distinction Between Prose and Poetry is

Blurred

WORKS OF GIBRAN

The Madman in 1918 Twenty Drawings in 1919 The Forerunner in 1920 The Prophet 1923 Sand and Foam 1926 Kingdom of the Imagination 1927 Jesus, the Son of Man 1928

WORKS OF GIBRAN Prose Poems 1934 Secrets of the Heart 1947 A Treasury of Kahlil Gibran 1951 A Self-Potrait 1959 Thoughts and Meditations 1960 A Second Treasury of Kahlil Gibran 1962 Spiritual Sayings 1962 Voice of the Master 1963 Mirrors of the Soul Between Night and Morn 1972 A Third Treasury of Kahlil Gibran 1975 The Storm 1994 The Beloved 1994 The Vision 1994

THE PROPHET

THE PROPHET

Written in 1923 Mystical Composition of Prose Poems Translated in to more than 20 languages

THE PROPHET

Al Mustafa waiting for the ship For 12 years in the city of Orphalese Ship came Before his return people of Orphalese meet

him They ask questions on different aspects of

life Mustafa answers all

MUSTAFA’S VIEWS ON VARIOUS THEMES

Love Marriage Children Giving Eating and Drinking Work Joy and Sorrow Houses Clothes Buying and Selling

TO BE CONTINUED