Gibran Khalil Gibran

[A.]

I find Gibran's work interesting!

Some of his drawings are in this book

[Heather]

I absolutely love Khalil Gibran's writings although my experience is limited. My personal favorite has always been The Prophet (I think that is his most famous one, right?) I didn't even know that he was an artist! I really like the above piece, do you know what it is called?

[A.]

Heather wrote: "I absolutely love Khalil Gibran's writings although my experience is limited. My personal favorite has always been The Prophet (I think that is his most famous one, right?) I didn't even know that ..."


I believe it's called The Divine World

I found his gallery in the following site

I think it belongs to one of his fans?

Gibran's Gallery

[A.]

Self Portrait
By: Gibran Khalil Gibran

[A.]

The Prophet(Al Mustafa)
By: Gibran Khalil Gibran

[Heather]

Talking about The Prophet makes me want to read it again. Alas, it is another book I have packed and in storage. I just might go to the library or buy it (so I can write and highlight in it). I have the poem "Your children are not your children, they are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself..." going through my head. I don't know the whole thing, but I did frame that and give it to my dad one year. My dad passed away a few years ago and now that poem reminds me of him.

[A.]

Heather wrote: "Talking about The Prophet makes me want to read it again. Alas, it is another book I have packed and in storage. I just might go to the library or buy it (so I can write and highlight in it). I hav..."

The above listed book has The Collected Works of Gibran

The Madman
The Forerunner
The Prophet
Sand and Foam
Jesus the Son of Man
Earth Gods
The Wanderer
The Garden of the Prophet
Prose Poems
Spirits Rebellious
Nymphs of the Valley
A Tear and a Smile

and many of his drawings

I did not read all of it but I liked most of what I read...Sand and Foam is one of my favorites for it's made of quotes.

They say this book is his collected work, but it's not everything Gibran wrote!

He has many Arabic poems that were, to my knowledge, never translated to English. Perhaps no one wanted to dive into the heavy metaphoric images or try and transfer the rhyming and the meter he used to English.

[Heather]

Thank you, Amal. I think I already have that one on my 'to read' list and I seem to remember putting it toward the top of the list. I wasn't sure which writings were in it, but since you commented on Sand and Foam, I will probably start with that one!

[A.]

As far as I know,

Spirit Rebellious
Nymphs of the Valley
A Tear and a Smile

are the only ones in that book translated from Arabic.

And the rest were originally written in English.

[A.]

Perhaps I should also mention that he was born in this month January 6, 1883

In celebration of his birth date I post a stamp I found on the net.

[Heather]

That stamp is neat!

[Monica]

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